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CHERRY CREEK. 

Some years ago a cherry tree 

Beside a small stream throve. 
And tried 'tis said to rear its head 

O'er others in t lie grove: 
And when this tree o'ertopped them all 

Surveyors chopped it do \vn 
And in its place a stake was set — 

The center oi a town. 

The tree, the stream that near by ran, 

The name suggested quick. 
'Twas early named and still is famed 

Therefore, as Cherry Creek; 
And like the tree that upward grew 

(But to the town gave place,) 
The little village soon took root 

And thenceforth grew apace. 

The hills, the vales, the rills, the dells. 

That near this spot are found. 
The pastures green on hillsides seen, 

The well-tilled fields around. 
Make this a garden of the gods — 

A garden of the blessed, 
A place where labor means but Joy, 

.And idleness is rest. 

.ind Enterprise within this town 

Has builded her retreat. 
Here cot and hall, grange and homes all 

Are orderly and neat. 
A place, it IS, to catch the eyes 

Of those whose fancies roam; 
And to be envied he who claims 

In Cherry Creek a home. 

.\rthnr J. Burdick. 



Historical and Biographical Sketch 



OF 



CHERRY CREEK, 

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



With views of Business Places and Residences, togetiier with sketches of 
Prominent Citizens of various professions and occu- 
pations, past and present. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY CHAS. J. SHULTS. 



He that has much to do, will do something wrong, and of that wrong must suffer the 
consequences; and if it were possible that he should always act rightl_v, j-et 
when such memljers are to judge of his conduct, the bad will censure 
and obstruct him by malevolence, and the good some- 
times by mistake." — Samuel Johnson. 



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BY WAY OF PREFACE. 

■X presentiug to the public "Cherry Creek Illustrated," the publisher 
desires to return his sincere thanks to all who have so kindly aided him 
to obtain the information it contains, and who have made it possible to 
present it in so brief a space of time. We have been pleasurably sur- 
prised by the prompt and liberal manner in which our citizens have 
assisted us, and we trust that our work will meet with entire approval. We 
have for some time felt that the attractions and advantages of Cherry Creek 
should be presented to the outside world in a pleasing and substantial form. 
We have endeavored therefore, to produce a work that will be a credit to our 
village as well as ourselves. While it is impossible in the space at our dis- 
posal to do full justice to the subjects treated, yet we have to the best of our 
ability, made a fair presentation of Cherry Creek's historical associations, its 
industries and attractions, its churches, school, residences, business places, 
and business men, and in general, a description of our charming village, and 
its attractive advantages as a desirable location for manufacturing enterprises 
of any nature. Especially do we owe our thanks to the editors of the village 
paper for the uniform kindness they have evinced in calling public attention 
to our efforts. Many others have placed us under similar obligations ; but 
as credit has been given in most eases, as well as works from which we have 
quoted, we omit further special mention here. If errors or omissions, occur 
we trust they will be pardoned by reason of the difficulties with which we 
have had to contend. Remember that nothing is perfect, that it is human 
to err, while it is a sublime prerogative to forrjicc. While thanking our 
friends and patrons generally for the liberality and cordiality with which our 
efforts have been seconded, we take this occasion to express the hope that 
the information found in these pages will not prove devoid of interest and 
value; and we sincerely trast, also, that it may prove a nucleus and incen- 
tive to future writers, who will be better able to do full justice to the sub- 
ject, and leave our work to receive that favor which earnest endeavor ever 
wins from a discriminating public. 

Chas. J. Shults. 



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Supervisor Cherry Creek, and 
Postmaster New York State Senate. 



CHERRY CREEK— HOW NAMED. 

q T may be entirely superfluous to say to the residents of Cherry Creek that 
^[) the Village gets its name from the little stream flowing through it. 
J^ This locality was once famous for the growth of cherry wood. History 
1 says, "The center of the township was found to be by survey on a little 
island in the stream, where there was a small red cherry tree. Joshua 
Bentley, Jr., cut it down, made a stake of it, drove it down and named the 
stream Cherry Creek, which gave the name to the town." 

Cherry Creek's original name was "Puckrum." But that evidently did 
not suit the taste of the first citizens and the name was changed. Just why 
the people who christened the place did not call it KEXT-ON, BENTLEY- 
VILLE, or BLAISDELL or something of that nature is not known. But 
Cherry Creek it was called, Cherry Creek it is, and there is not a better 
advertised small town anywhere, for in almost any grocery store on the 
Continent you will find canned goods from Cherry Creek. 



DESCRIPTIVE OF THE VILLAGE AND TOWN. 



*He hiiilded better than lie knew.' 




did the little band of hardy pioneers who laid the foundation of the 
present beautiful and prosperous town and village of Cherry Creek, 
"the big.ffest little town" in Chautauqua County, New York. Xearly 
one hundred years ago they made their way into the trackless wilder- 
ness to build up homes and a profitable business for themselves and 
their children. And their energy and perseverence were joined to a far- 
seeing good judgment, to whose wisdom the results give testimony. Doubt- 
less they may sometimes have indulged in dreams, or even ardent hopes of 
the possible future greatness of their colony, but in those days of trials and 
discouragement, their imagination could hardly have reached to the expec- 
tation of what is the present prosperous condition of the town with its still 
greater prospects foi- the future. The visitor to Cherry Creek now enters a 
growing incorporated village of about 000 inliabitants, beautiful in location 
witli broad and smooth streets, many of them well shaded, adorned with 
good residences and business places, and filled witli active and enterprising 
business interests, including a newspaper, a bank, canning factory, mills, 
and stores in every department of trade, providing all the necessaries, com- 
forts and luxuries of life, fully equipped with good hotels, churches, a Union 




RESIDENCE OF F. J. SHATTUCK. 




RESIDENCE OF A. H. CURTISS. 




RESIDENCE OF C. L. WHEELER. 




RESIDENCE OF DR. C. A. SHEPARD. 




MAIN STREET, CHERRY CREEK IN 1870. 

Taken From a Stcropticon View. 



Free School and other 
agencies to stimulate and 
strengthen all that goes 
to make up the general 
intelligence of people and 
the highest for mof civ- 
ilization. It is the "hub" 
of several surrounding 
towns and villages, which 
pay more or less tribute, 
and gathers to itself the 
traffic of the great fertile 
farming districts around 
it. Situated on the B. 
& S. W. R. R., -18 miles 
from Buffalo and 22 miles 
from Jamestown so that 
we are not "too far nor 
yet too near" from either 
of the big and little 
"hubs" of Western New 
York. 
From here is shipped the products of the canning factory and mills which 
go to all parts of the world. So, little by little, from the day of small things, 
has the wide awake village of Cherry Creek increased steadily in all that has 
contributed to its present prosperity. The early settlers are still represented 
by many resident families of their decendants, who give a tone of integrity, 
stability and refinement to the whole community. The educational advantages 
have been steadily increasing and are never at a stand-still. Its population 
has always included many eminent professional men, in the church, law and 
medicine. Besides its railroad facilities, it possesses a great natural advan- 
tage in the way of water-jiower. But many a place has failed to become 
useful for the want of brains, brawn, and bravery, which fortunately were 
not lacking in the first settlers of Cherry Creek. There are three places of 
religious worship, including a Methodist, Baptist and Free Baptist Church. 
Cherry Creek's educational work is most successfully carried on in an 
elegant new school building fully equipped with all the modern improvements 
and appliances to do the best work and promote the highest grade of scholar- 
ship. It is one of the healthiest villages in the State. The water is of the 
best, pure, cool and invigorating. Underlaying the village is a vein of water 
and when tapped means a fine flowing well every time. There is something 
like G(i of these wells flowing a continuous stream of water from adejjth of 30 
to "210 feet below the surface. This is one natural advantage over which 
any place might properly rejoice. But all these features of Cherry Creek, 
so briefly alluded to, deserve a detailed description, which will be given 
further on. 

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SCENIC ATTRACTIONS. 



'LEISURELY walk through Cherry Creek's streets cannot fail to give 
l^leasure to the visitor, whether passing by the well kept and well 
supplied business places or the comfortable homes with beautiful 
grounds. Delightful drives extending far in every direction, 
furnish a variety of pleasing scenery. Not the least of these points 
of interest and beauty in Nichols' Gulf. A mile northwest of the village is 
an extensive plateau about 1000 feet above tlie valley; on this plateau are 





A HISTORICAL SPOT— VIEW ON CHERRY CREEK. 

From ail aiiia/ritf pliotograph hy F. H. Laphain. 

many of the good farms of the town. When this locality was first settled, 
a short cut road ran straight up the side of the hill, then known by the old 
settlers as "Powers' Hill" and plainly visible from Randolph, about fifteen 
miles distant. This was so steep that it was practically impossible for heavy 
loads. One starting in the morning at the foot of the hill felt fortunate if 
lie made the top in time to return; and if being especially favored by Provi- 
dence, he did reach the top, in coming down he was obliged to lean back so 
far to keep his balance, that the tails of his short coat were in great danger 



of being caught by the rough stones of the road or the roots of stumps. But 
some one in tlie neighborhood, a civil engineer in embryo, saw that a road 
might be made to the to]) of the hill, through a gulf or ravine and thus get 
a more gradual grade by going only a short distance further. The change 
was accordingly made in the road, as might be expected, following the 
natural gully, like a cow path, does not take a bee line for the top of the hill 
but repeatedly strays from the straight, but never from the narrow way. 
One of the visitors taken there by a proud native is reported to have said, "I 
can't understand why you people here are so fond of that old joke about our 
railroads in the mountains out west, where as your story goes, the roads are 
so crooked those in the hind cars can visit with their engineer as he sits in 
his cab; for as we were riding up through that gulf, I happened to look 
around and saw one of the horses that were drawing us, eating some ajiples 
out of the back part of our wagon box. We surely haven't any thing out 
west that can equal that." 

About half way up the ravine is an old watering trough made from a log 
hollowed out. This has been in use so many years that the outside is 
decayed and crumbling. Every one who has walked up as far as that is 
ready to take a drink of this water, coming from a spring in the side of the 
ravine just back of the trough. If any visitor hears one speak of the old 
watering trough he may know at once that this is the one meant. As the 
ravine leads for its whole length through woods, the drive is a noted favorite 
for that deluded class, commonly and charitably called lovers, for they know 
that except for pleasure seekers, the road is not extensively traveled. Built 
into the west side of the hill at the foot of the ravine is the most picturesque 
home of the country that of the man from whom the gulf is named. 

We regret that we cannot show to better advantage than in engravings 
here presented the beauty of our scenery and residence streets. Great pride 
is taken by the house owners in the care of their grounds, many of which 
are prettily adorned. 



Ix early days wolves 
were abundant in the 
forests about Cherry 
Creek, and occasionally 
bear was killed. Tradi- 
tion says that the last 
bear (?) seen was in 
September, 1899, when 
there was a great bear 
hunt, engaged in by 
many of our citizens. 

Fred. Shattuck and 
Clint. Mount are author- 
ity that it was not cap- 




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OLD WATERING TROUGH IN NICHOL'S GULF. 

From an amateur photograph by E. W. Curtis. 
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CURIOUS ROCKS." 

" XTIL a photograph and short account of them appeared in the 
"Bufialo Illustrated Express" of May 14, 1899, comparatively few 
people knew of the rocks on the farm of Truman B. Carr; and even 
' . now few people outside of the immediate neighborhood have seen 
what is in a way, the greatest natural curiosity of the town. 
There are sixteen rocks placed along the bottom and sides of a small gully 
in Mr. Carr's pasture about half a mile from the highway. Many of the 
rocks are sunk in the ground so as to be visible only at the top while others 
are almost wholly above ground. The one apparently the largest of the 
group is on the west side of the depression so that one side is level with the 
ground and the east side is six or eight feet high. The rock is about 20 feet 
long and ten feet wide, of irregular shape. It has been split through its 
whole width by a tree growing in what was probably at first only a small 
crevice; this rock is gradually rising. Though probably not so large as the 
one just mentioned, the "big rock" so called by those who have been 
acquainted with it for years, is the most interesting of the group as it is at 
the bottom of the gully and for many years was wholly on top of the ground. 
The west side is straight, almost perpendicular and about I'l feet high; the 
length of its greatest diameter is eighteen feet. Twenty-five years ago the 
south side was nearly perpendicular, with the strata of the rock horizontal, 
but the whole rock of late years has been tipping towards the north and the 
strata are now at an angle of 40 degrees; one corner sinking and the south- 
west corner being raised bodily from the ground, showing that the bottom 
is fiat. A large shelf protruding from the north side, broke off from its 
own weight several years ago and has since disintegrated. All the rocks are 
of the same formation, small rounded white stones conglomerated. A piece 
broke off and exposed to the weather soon crumbles leaving only the white 
pebbles. People interested in oil have always noted that these rocks are 
the same as those so abundant in the oil regions of southern Cattaraugus 
County and northwestern Pennsylvania; and many think that oil could be 
found near them. 

The question every visitor has asked himself and others, is, "How came 
they here?" As glaciers have a reputation of having done such work, that 
is about the only solution thus far ever advanced. But why did the glacier 
select this particular spot and deposit all its baggage in this part of Mr. 
Carr's farm and not leave anything in other parts of the same farm or any 

•From nn article condensed from tlie Illustrated Bufialo Express, written by E. IT. Curtis. 

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adjoining farms or even anywhere in the locality? These rocks are located 
in a narrow strip ten rods wide and sixty rods long. Outside of this strip 
there are none. 

The person with or without scientific knowledge who will come to the 
neighborhood and tell who brought those rocks there, when he did it, and 
explain why that particular spot was chosen, will not be without honor 
among those who have thought and dreamed of the question all their lives. 

ARTESI.A.X Wells, instead of being expensive luxuries, are cheajier than 
pumps. Cherry Creek is ^irobably the best watered portion of the earth's 
surface. So easy is water obtainable that a person may have artesian wells 
all over his property and at almost any spot on his premises he jjleases at a 
very small expense. Of such wells there are sixty in the village and 
the supply of water is abundant. 

The ready wit of the Rev. Alva Wilder was well known to many of his 
time. One day a citizen stopped in front of the parson's boarding place, 
and observed the divine heaping brush ou a roaring fire. "I suppose you 
wish all the sinners were in that fire. Elder?" said the citizen. "No," was 
the reply, "I have been preaching all these years to keep them out of it." 

Seth Gkovek, Cherry Creek's first merchant, who opened his place of busi- 
ness in 1831, was a man of uncommon ability, Yankee enterprise and shrewd- 
ness. It is said that when he came here he was a Whig, but soon changed 
his politics for tlie sake of being postmaster. He was a man of liberality, 
popular and well-liked. 




CURIOUS ROCKS ON FARM OF T. B. CARR. 

From an amateur photograph by E. IV. Curtn. 



Prom Illustrated Buffalo Exptess, 

Copyright, iSgg, by Geo. E. Matthews df Co. 



HISTORICAL 




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HERRY CREEK was formed from Ellington, May 4, 1829, and com- 
prises township four, range ten, of the Holland Companies surveys. 
The first settlement in the town was made by Joseph M. Kent on 
Lot 9 (which now includes parts of the farms occupied by Adelbert 
Bentley, Albertus Shattuck et al) in the spring of 1815. He 

native of Royal ton, Vt., and after having resided respectively in 




GEO. H. FROST, 

Chcryy Cit'fk's First Postmaster and First litn-kee^er. See Article, ^^ Pioneer Residents.^ 

Herkimer and Onondaga Counties, removed to Gerry (now Cherry Creek). 
He came with a wife and seven children. He reared his bark covered log- 
house in the spring. He then returned to his family and sent his wife 
on horseback eight miles through the woods, with one child in her arms and 



* We are indehtcil to Wm. S. Blaisdcll for most of the data and information in this article. 

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another behind her, with nothing but marked trees to guide her to the new 
house. She arrived safely, with Hint and "spunli" previously provided, 
started a fire, and passed the night undisturbed, except by the howling of 
the wolves in the adjacent Conewango swamp. 

Mr. Kent, his son George, Nancy, his eldest daughter, and John P. Kent, 
a nephew, cleared the first land in the town, and raised from it the first 
crop of potatoes the same year. The next spring, destitute of provisions 
and money, he felled a pine tree, and made from the trunk a canoe sixty feet 
in length, launched it in Conewango Creek, put into it 1500 pounds of maple 
sugar and some black salts, and ran it down to Pittsburg. lie there 
exchanged his cargo for flour, pork, salt, and with the help of his son, 
George, pushed his vessel with pike poles back to Cherry Creek, having 
been absent three weeks. The family during his absence subsisted chiefly on 
sugar and milk. 

Joshua Bentley, Jr., was the second settler and he settled on lot 15, what 
i? now known as the Decker farm on September 1, 1815. lie had located in 
Ellery about 1808. He was one of the surveyors that ran the lines in this 
part of the county prior to its settlement. Cherry Creek's first road was cut 
out by John Kent, brother of Joseph M., one of the first purchasers of land 
in Villeiiova. In the spring of 1810, he built his house on the old Indian 
camping grounds, at the head waters of the Conewango. He also built the 
first saw-mill and grist mill in the Eastern part of the county. The Indian 
trail from the Cattaraugus Keservation to the Alleghany passed down the 
Conewango Valley its entire length through Villenova, Cherry Creek, Elling- 
ton, Poland, Pine Grove and North Warren, Pa. ; where this trail crossed 
the farm now owned by Wm. S. Blaisdell, there were two large springs where 
the Indians had a camp with a stone fire place. This camp was almost con- 
stantly occupied by parties of Indians, who stopped to fish and hunt as they 
passed, as they journeyed either north or south. 

John P. Kent, a son, and John Dighton, in the summer of 1813, cut out 
the first road through the heavy forest from Kent's Mill in Villenova, 
sixteen miles through Cherry Creek to Kennedyville, for which they received 
from the Holland Land Company 110 per mile. This road followed the line 
of the Conewango Valley on the Indian trail running on the west side of the 
village. Mrs. E. E. Robertson's residence and G. Frank Lapham's residence 
stand squarely on the old track ; thence southeasterly nearly across the Ira 
Bassett place. The present north and south road is on higher land. This 
road crosses the old road near Kilbourn's ilill, intersecting it again at the 
Bassett place. Three years later they cut out another road across the town 
to Sinclairville, branching off from the old road on Lot 10 in Cherry Creek 
taking a southwesterly line, passing the homes of Gardiner Crandall, and 
Isaac Curtis on lot 23. At that time they were the only residents in town 
on this road. Mr. Kent desired straight roads if they did run across lots, 
hence this road was cut out over the highest hill and deepest valleys, from 
near where George B. Tanner settled in 1821 over the highest hill in town 
to the John D. Mount farm and the Myron Field farm into Charlotte, then 
down the hill to Sinclairville, here intersecting a road leading to Charlotte 



Center. This has been known as the old Kent road and is now called Kent 
Street by Sinclairville people. Gardiner Crandall and Isaac Curtis had each 
purcliased 100 acres on lot 23, and Mr. Crandall built a log house 2Gx20, 
and in the spring of 1810, both families moved into it and lived there until 
Mr. Curtis could build. Mr. Crandall lived many years in Cherry Creek, 
and became the father of 22 children by two wives. Isaac Curtis and bis 
family are all gone except a distant relative, who now owns the farm. 
Stephen Curtis, a brother of Isaac, settled on adjoining land, and left two 
sons, Henry L. and .John H. Curtis. James Marks the next purchaser of 
land in Cherry Creek, (his deed calling for 100 acres in the south part of lot 
20, bearing date October 20, 181.5), built his modest ISxIS log house on the 
site now occupied by G. Frank Lapham's residence, covered with bark and 
without any floor, and moved in his furniture, consisting of an ax, a gun, and 
a "baking kittle." This was the first house built in the now incorporated 
village of Cherry Creek. His house soon after became unoccupied and 
remained so until about 1834; it was then fitted up for a school-house for 
the first school taught in the village. Its teacher, Angeline Pickering, 
became the wife of John Babcock and settled in Busti. In May, 1816, 
Barber Babcock on lot 19, Ely D. Pendleton on lot 20, and Reuben Cheeney 
on lot 18, became settlers of Cherry Creek, lived here many years, raised 
families, cleared ujo farms and made homes. In June, 1817, Elam Edson, 
William Weaver, on lot 18, Rufus Hitchcock and Hiram Hill on lot 40, 
John Smith lot 17, Henry Babcock lot 20, Nathaniel Gibbs, Jr., lot II, 
Eliphalet W. Wilcox lot 17, Robert Page lot 28, were settlers. Daniel 
Hadley from Vermont came with his family to this county November 9, 1817. 
Three of his sons settled in Cherry Creek, Niles and Alvah on parts of lot 
41, John P. on lot 27, near the village. He married the daughter of 
Robert .James, also an early settler. He took an active part in laying out 

and cutting out early roads in Cherry 
Creek, and in getting the town set off 
from Ellington in 1829. He also fre- 
quently served in town oflBces, and was 
town clerk at the time of his death. 
He held the militia offices from cor- 
jjoral to major. One son survives him, 
George, a resident of this village. 

In the southwest part of the town lived 
Alvah Hadley, whose son Ozro A. was 
for a time acting governor of Arkansas, 
and Xiles Hadley, who lived and died 
on his early purchased home. Also set- 
tled here Mr. Ward and his son, William, 
On, and Ai; Hudson Smith, John How- 
ard, Nathaniel Dunham, Arthur Hines, 
Addison Phillips, John Luce, Reuben 
A. Bullock, Myron Field, Horatio Hill. 
STEPHEN BLAISDELL, Joseph Price on lot 42 had three sons; 

See Article '^Pioneer J^estden/s.^^ 






*JAMES CARR, 

Cherry Creek's Fhst Supervisor. 



John, Lawrence, and David. Al)raham 
T. Andrus settled where the late John 
D. Mount lived. In the nortliwest part 
were: John Bartlett, Ira B. Tanner, 
Alvah Bannister, Elkanah Steward, 
Oliver Carpenter, Anson >v"ewton, Wil- 
bur Burdick, John Essex, J. Richardson, 
Eben Abbey, Putnam Farrington, a gen- 
eral of the war of 1812. Ora Parks, who 
settled in 18"24 on lot 37, three miles in 
the woods from neighbors, cleared his 
farm and raised a large family. Enos 
A. Bronson came from Connecticut and 
settled on lot 5(j near the northline in 
1825, where he died in 1858. Ilis sons 
were William, Horace, Allen L., and 
Monson M. 

In a little settlement at Shattuck's 
Schoolhouse was made the first 

attempt at a village in the town in the spring of 1820, on lot 34. Here 
settled Robert James, Montgomery Evans, Norton Slill, David Myres, 
Horatio Hill, Demas Stone, Robert .James, Jr., and Randall Spencer, who 
held the first Methodist class meetings in his house for a number of years. 
A burying ground was soon laid out. Pliny Shattuck opened a blacksmith 
shop here in 1831. The hopes of having a village at this point wore soon 
blasted. 

George H. Frost, from Renssalaer County, came in 1823, and built the 
second house in what is now the Village of Cherry Creek, on the south jiart 
of lot 20, where C. D. Leonard's cheese factory once stood (land taken up 
by James Marks in 1815). Mr. Frost became the first settler with a family 
in the village, kept the first tavern, and was the first Postmaster; he after- 
ward kejJt a store, later lived on a farm, but returned to the village where 
he died in 1873. He had been for several years Supervisor. 

William Green, Almeron Bly, Elam Edson, Ira Bassett, John Bovee, 
Rollins Kilburn, Harvey James, Aaron Bartlett, John P. Hadley, Thos. 
Berry, Cyrus Thatcher and Alfred Goodrich were early settlers in the village. 
In the vicinity of the village were Michael Page, Eddy Weatherly, Jotham 
Godfrey, Stephen Blaisdell, Julius Gibbs, Henry Babcock, Wm. Kilburn and 
Thos. Carter, who established a tannery with a shoe shop. In the central 
part, Robert James settled in 1820, on lot 36, where he died. Of his sons 
Robert J., was supervisor in 1831, and 1832, Jonathan was a physician. 
Thos. Mount brought a wife and fourteen children from New Jersey. His 
sons were Ezekiel, John, Ilezekiah, Furman and Samuel. Anthony Morian 
settled on lot 44, in 1835, and raised a family of ten children. 

In the southeast part Wanton King settled on lot 9, in 1820. His sons 
were Thomas Ward and Obidiah. Oq lot 18, Josiah Crumb settled. Eason 

*See Article, ''Pioneer Resiiieiifs." 

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*LYDIA (KENT) GREEN. 

First Child Born in Cherry Creek. 



Mattesou located on lot 18, in IS'^O. 
His sou James now resides in the vil- 
lage, Almanson in Chicago, and John is 
dead. In the south part the early settlers 
were: Daniel Waggoner, Isaac C. Brown, 
Wm. S. Bullock, Moses Ells, Clark Losee, 
Geo. W. Hitchcock. Job Eddy settled 
on lot 23, iu the northeast part in 1820. 
Thos. Vrilcox from Hanover. was an early 
settler, first on lot 17, in 1819, on lot 21, 
in 1824, and on lot 24 in 1829, where 
he died. He was noted for his industry 
and for clearing much land. His sons 
were Daniel, Erastus, Alfred and Har- 
low. James Carr settled in 1823 on 
lot 15, land bought of Joshua Bentley, 
Jr., and afterwards kejJt store iu the 
village. He was supervisor of Ellington 
in 1828-29, and the first supervisor of 
Cherry Creek. He had one son Andrew 
J. William G. Carr came iu October, 1829, with wife and two chil- 
dren and settled on lot 15. Jarius Nash from Steishentown, an early school 
teacher, settled on lot 23. His son, William, resides on the homestead. 
Jared Ingalls located on all of lot 22, in 1825, and built a saw-mill. Daniel 
B. Parsons, from Madison County, settled in 1S50, on lot 23, where he 
died. Both he and his son, Eeuben W., have been supervisors. William 
Weaver, in 1817, settled on lot 18; a few years after on lot 14, where he 
died. On Powers Hill George SheflBeld settled on lot 29. His sous were 
Aaron, Hiram, Alanson and Judson. Daniel Powers, a son-in-law, from 
whom the hill takes its name, settled on the same lot 29. 

The first birth in town was that of Lydia, daughter of Joesph M. and Patty 
Kent, iu 181G. She married the Hon. Chas. B. Green of Ellington. The 
first marriage was James Battles to Eachael, daughter of Daniel Iladley, 
June G, 1819. The first death was that of Kufus Hitchcock in 1820; he fell 
from the roof of his house just as he had completed it, and fractured hig 
skull. The first school was taught by Reuben Cheeney in the south part of 
the town. The first merchant in Cherry Creek was Seth Grover, who 
started in trade iu 1831, in a building on the site where F. R. Pope's estab- 
lishment now is. He had in connection with his store an ashery and a pear- 
ling oven. Later Cyrus Thatcher and George H. Frost were in trade. The 
first resident physician, Horace Morgan, came in 1829. He was followed Ijy 
Oliver B. Main, Edwin G. Bly, T. G. Walker et al. Among the early 
tailors were Jonathan Greeuman and Russell Bartlett. The first saw mill 
was built by Wm. Killiouru in 1824, on Cherry creek near the village; he 
attached, the next year, a shop for making spinning wheels, chairs, etc., to 
his mill. The second saw mill was built by Roliert James and Wm. Green 
in 1833. The first grist mill was built by Hull Nickerson in 1828, near the 

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sight of Price's saw mill. It liad one run of stones and was used only for 
corn. It was known for years as the old "pepper" mill. In 1848 Joseph 
Kent built a grist mill with all modern appliances with three runs of stones 
for grinding all kinds of grain. This mill was burned in 1869, and rebuilt 
in 1870 by Silas Vinton. Immediately under the grocery store of A. E. 
Smith a large spring bubbles up. In the early days of settlement this was 
much larger than now and overflowed quite an area of land. The deer found 
some attractive quality in the water not present in any other spring, and 
resorted there often in numbers. This gave it the name of "the deer lick" 
by which it was long known. 



REMINISCENSES. 



Cherry Creek's pioneers Hke all others lived in log cabins without door 
and windows for a long period. Few incidents of much importance 
disturbed the quietness of the settlement's existence, except the loss of Joshua 
Bentley's child and what was called the "Injun War." 

A four-year-old daughter of Joshua Bentley, a highly respected member of 
the community, strayed off into the woods one day in April, 1822, and was 
never seen again dead or alive. "Mrs. Bentley with two of the older- 
children started out to pick some cowslips, leaving her husband asleep on 
the floor and the little girl at play in the doorway. She was not missed until 
Mrs. Bentley's return, about an hour afterwards. A search was commenced 
and continued by the inhabitants of the surrounding country, but without 
discovering the least trace of the child. That she was taken by the Indians, 

or that she had wandered away into the 

woods and had been devoured by wild 

beasts was among the conjectures con- 

^j^^^ \ cerning her fate." Joshua Bentley here 

J^HHBk \ referred to was the grandfather of our 

^^^^^^^^^ ^y townsman Edwin C. Bentley. 

^ \ Mrs. Amy A. Shuttuck tells us that 

the early settlers here had but little 
money. What few groceries they had 
were obtained by exchange of black 
salts and maple sugar. Black salts were 
made by burning trees to ashes, the 
ashes put into large leaches, which were 
wet down then boiled into what was 
called "Black Salts." This was drawn 
by ox-teams to the lake and exchanged 
for flour. Later, Seth Grover, Cherry 
Creek's first merchant, took the salts in 




*ALEX. BENTLEY. 



Fiisl Male Child Barn in Chmy Cierk. CXchangC for JirOvisioUS. 

*Sef Article, ^'Historical Condensations.'' 




SETH GROVER, 

cherry Creek^s First Merchant. 



From the early records of School Dis- 
trict No. 6 (Shattuck District) we 
glean the following. AVe quote ver- 
batum : 

"At a meeting of the freeholders and 
the inhabitants of school district No. 6 
in the town of Cherry Creek held on the 
eighth day of April, 1832. 1st. Voted 
that Robert James serve as moderator. 
Voted that we raise $21 to build a log 
school house 20x2(3. 2nd. Voted that 
David Ilollister finish the house after the 
logs and material is on the ground for the 
sum of 65. 3rd. Voted that we raise 
fifty cents to compensate Mr. Tanner for 
going to Mayville to see Mr. Peacock 
about title to land. Voted that every 
man who works on the house shall have 
fifty cents per day for his and his ox 
team's work. Voted that we raise $1.50 
for raising the house. Voted that our 
summer scliool begin the second Monday 
in May next — three weeks from today. 
Voted that the site be on the North Road not to exceed 20 rods and on the 
west side of the road and on the rise of ground." Lebus Whitney, Mod. 
Kandall Spencer, Clerk. 

It is further recorded: 

"At a meeting held on the sixth day of February, 1833, this business was 
transacted : Voted that we choose our oiBcers by the uplifted hand. Voted 
that Randall Spencer serve as District Clerk. Voted that Robert James 
serve as moderator. Voted that David Myres and Pliny Shattuck and Ira 
B. Tanner serve as trustees. Voted that David Ilollister serve as collector. 
Voted that we have a summer school kept for three months. Voted that said 
school be kept by a woman teacher.'' 

".\t a meeting held May 13, 1833. Voted that we accept the house and 2iay 
for it and raise money to finish the same. Voted that we have three-eight 
light windows for the house. Voted that we mud the house make the 
benches and reciting bench and put in windows and wooden latch for door. 
Voted that every man present his account to the trustees on the 34th day of 
June at five o'clock in the afternoon." 

"At a meeting held December 13, 1833, the following business was 
attended: Voted that we accept the site where the school house now stands 
and pay for the site. Voted that we have a winter school three months by 
a man teacher. Voted that every man get a half cord of wood to a scholar 
drawn to the school house and corded and measured by the teacher and 

*Sec At tide, "Pioneer Residents.^' 

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corded and fit for the fire or have no pay for same. Voted that every man 
gets half of his wood in two weeks and the other half by the thirteenth of 
January sure. Voted that the delinquent wood be got by David Myres for 
fifty cents per cord. Voted that we have no other wood but beach and 
maple and birch green. Voted that we have a cross legged table, a pail and 
a cup and slice and a chair. V^oted that every taxable inhabitant get one 
pane of glass for the school house. Voted that every man sends one week 
shall get one half cord of wood for a scholar. Voted that nails and boards 
to repair the house be added to the winter school. Kobert James, Mod. 
Randall Spencer, Clerk." 

"Trustees report Oct. 13, IS'-'A: We have had $11.38 of public money and 
$18.63 1-2 of the whole amount of money and paid out for the winter school 
was $30. Pliny Shattuck, Ira B. Tanner and David Ilollister." 

Gr. S. Kent has the records of this district from the early commencement up 
to August, 1888, and they are all well preserved. 



The Indian war originated in this way as was once related to us by the late 
Charles B. Green : 

West of the village lived a man whose name is now forgotten. lie had 
bought a red flannel shirt, and unknown to his sister, jiut it on and went out 
to work in the woods. Although it was on the Gth of January it was quite 
warm and pleasant, and about mid-day he laid down on the leaves and went 
to sleep. Two Indians had been seen prowling around that morning, but as 
Indians were a familiar sight, nothing was thought of their presence. 

The sister went in search of her brother to carry him some dinner, and 
came upon him stretched upon the ground, bathed in blood as she supposed. 
Xot stopping to investigate and connecting the red skins of the morning 
with the supposed murder, she ran to the nearest neighbor with the news 
that her brother had been murdered by savages. The news spread and taken 
up by John Hall, a most reliable member of the locality, and he sprang upon 
his horse and galloped along the road 
shouting that 500 Canadian Indians 
were moving along the Chautauqua 
Road, killing and burning as they 
came. This was enough. Women 
screamed, men shouted, and children 
cried. Almost everybody hastily gath- 
ered what few valuables they could 
carry and fled in the most expeditious 
manner possible towards the North, 
spreading the news as they went. The 
narrow roads were choked with flying 
crowds and consternation was increased 
by everyone exaggerating the most 
trifling sight or sound. As the people 
ran screaming and praying along the 

'St-e Arluk, '■Pwin-ci Kcsiilfii/s." 

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'HON. CHAS. B. GREEN. 



streets in the village, an old fellow named Edson Matteson, who doubted the 
tale of blood, came out and cried to the skurryiug crowd : "Kun, run, all of 
ye, and Christians too, I'm a rnu'erfialer. You kill yourselves running 
long before the Indians will catch you." !Many thought him in league with 
the Indians, and one young woman, named Lucretia Abbey, shook her fist in 
his face and called him a traitor. He continued to laugh however and laughed 
until he died, many years later, over the ludicrous affair. 

Ward King, whose sick wife could not be removed, bravely melted his 
pewter tea-pot into bullets and prepared to sell his life as dearly as possible. 
Many barricaded their houses, dozens were seen hastily staggering along 
under a load of household goods, enough to have loaded a horse. Some women 
were so scared that they could not travel. 

Mrs. Charlotte Kent was one. She and a friend sat down by the roadside 
and waited to be tomahawked and scalped. Mrs. Kent avowed that she 
was so scared that she could neither see nor hear clearly and it wouldn't hurt 
her a bit to have been killed then. 

Her mother and family of little children were running through the woods 
and the youngest Dewitt C. Green, innocently asked: "If they would be 
allowed in Heaven if the Indians killed them." Another man mounted his 
horse, and with his wife behind him, started for the big lake. When he had 
gone a little ways his wife thought that she had left a big fire roaring in a 
fire-place, and that it might burn the house, so she slipped off the horse 
and went back to look after it. He rode on to alarm the people. The 
dreadful news spread from settlement to settlement as far Xorth as Fredonia, 
and went so fast that it could not be stopped. Militia companies were called 

out and the country bristled with arms. 
All that day and night the poor 
refugees continued to run. Late in the 
afternoon some hardy spirits had found 
out the falsity of the rumor, and as it 
was an idle day began firing at targets 
in thoughtless amusement, and the 
sound of rifles rang through the woods 
and added to the general terror, and 
caused others who were disposed to 
disbelieve the report to join the rout. 
Many of the Cherry Creek men were 
olT to an auction that day and did not 
wait for any more news after the firing 
began, but scooted north along with the 
rest. It was many days before the 
people really got over the fright, and the 
Indians who saw the stampede and heard 
the shooting were frightened as anybody 
and hid in the woods. Had one been met 
*JARED INGALLS. with it would have gone hard with him. 

♦*<' Article. '■Pjoneei Ki-sidfiiis." Tliis all occurrcd iu 1837. 




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The first town meeting 
held in Cherry Creek of 
which there is any rec- 
ord was held at the 
house of Harry James, 
March 1, 1831. We 
copy from records as fol- 
lows: 

Kesolved, that the next 
annual Town ^Meeting be 
held on the first Tues- 
day of March next at 
Harry James' new house. 

Kesolved, that all offi- 
cers below constable be 
chosen by the uplifted 
hand. 

Resolved, that there 
be two constables elected. 

Resolved, that there be 
three assessors elected. 

The following officers 
were elected : Harry Bab- 
cock, Justice; Robert 
James, Supervisor; Wm. 
Kilbourn, town clerk ; 
Wm. Lathrop, Geo. H. 

Frost, John Essex, assessors; Eddy Weatberly, collector; Jared Ingalls, 
John P. Hadley, overseers of poor; Wm. Bohall, Wm. Green, Covel Nicker- 
8on, comissioners of highways; John Bly Babcock, Paul Hamrrond, John B. 
Babcock, commissioners of common schools; John Ford, Jarius Xash, Wm. 
Lathrop, inspectors of common schools; Eddy Weatherly, John S. Waitley, 
constables; Paul Hammond, Jared Ingalls, John P. Hadley, Aury Cronkite, 
pound masters. 

Voted to raise as much school money as the law allows. 

Voted that Wm. Kilbourn be sealer of weights and measures. 

Voted that the fences be i 1-3 feet high. Voted that the fences be kept 
up from the first day of May to the first day of November. 

Voted that hogs shall not run at large unless at the risk of the owner. 

Voted that sheep shall not ruQ at large. 

Voted that the poor money, llOo.oG, be applied to the common schools. 

Voted that the poormaster receive -$5. 75 for his services out of the poor 
fund. 




JAMES D.WHEELER AND SON "LET.' 



Cherry Creek is recognized as the financial center of a large tributary 
territory and the business transactions of the village in a financial way reach 
large amounts annually. 



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JAMES BATTLES. 



RACHEL (HADLEY) BATTLES. 



C/iriry Creek's First Bi/de ami Groom. 



AN OLD-TIME WEDDING. 

A wedding in the olden times was an extremely lively affair. The guests 
■were all invited at least three days before hand; guns were fired in the 
respective neighborhoods of bride and groom on the morning of the wedding 
day, and at tlie appointed hour the groom and his friends set out for the 
house. About half way to tlie bride's dwelling they were met by her male 
friends, and each company chose one man to "run for the bottle," to thehouse 
of the bride. The one who returned first with the bottle gave a toast, and 
drank to the bride's health, after which of course the beverage was passed 
around. The whole party i^roceeded firing their muskets as they went by 
the houses on the way. Arrived at the bride's house, the bridegroom's 
company were placed in a room by themselves, and it was considered an act 
of impoliteness for any of the bride's friends to intrude. Just before the 
ceremony was to begin the best man entered the bride's apartments, led 
her into the room, and placed her at the right hand of the groom, took his 
station immediately behind, as did also the "best maid." After the cere- 
mony all the men kissed the bride and all the women kissed the groom. 
Dinner followed, and then came dancing and other amusements. 

*See Article, ^^ Historical Condensations." 






*TOSEPH KENT. 



ORIGINAL PURCHASES. 

X Young's History Chautauqua County we find original purchases in 
Township 4 range 10 as follows: 1815. March, Joshua Bentley, 15, 
(settled on by Joshua Jr.,) April, Joshua Bently, 0; (settled on by 
Joseph M. Kent) May, Gardiner Crandall. 

1810. May, Barber Babcock, 19. June, Ely D. Pendleton, 20. 
October, Reuben Cheeney, 18. 

1817. June, Elam Edson, 18. November, Rufus Hitchcock, 49. 

1818. April, John Smith, 17. August, Hiram Hill, 49. 

1821. October, John P. Hadley, 41. Henry Babcock, 20. Alvah Had- 
ley, 41. Julius Gibbs, 41. Robert James, 36. Nathaniel Gibbs, Jr.. II. 
EHphalet VI. Wilcox, 17. Robert Page, 13. 

1823. March, James Carr, 14. December, Enos A. Bronson, oG. 

1824. February, Eason Matteson, 10. March, Ira B. Tanner, 40. May, 
Amos Abbey, 04. Nathan AVorden, IG. June, Jared Ingalls 22. Ira 
Bassett, 25. July, Ward King, 17. October, William G. Carr, 24. Dudley 
Waters, 48. 

1825. April, John Luce, 58. William Lathrop, 24. May, Ira Bassett and 
Samuel W. Wilcox, Jr., 25. September, George Burdick, 38. Aury Cronk" 
hite (Cronk) 21. Asahel H. Mallory, 21. Eddy Weatherly, 28. November 
Robert James, Jr., 35. 

182G. April, Puthnam Farrington, 03. October, Lyman Town and 
Thomas King, 50. December, Henry Luce, 55. 

1827. April, E-)enezer Still, Jr., 39. June, Stephen Blaisdell, 18. 
September, Nehemiah Osborne, 31. Israel Seeley, 31. Issachar Hammond, 30. 

1829. June, AVm. A. Bowen, 13. July, Thos, King. 18. December, 
Sylvester Osborn, 14. 



*See A rlic. 



"Pioticf} Ri'sidfitts.' 



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SUPERVISORS OF CHERRY CREEK. 

James Carr, 1830-33-3G-4U-IG-52. Robert James, Jr., 1831-32. Geo. 
H. Frost, 1834-35. Oliver Carpenter, 1837, Horace Bronson, 1838. Wm. 
G. Carr, 18?.9. Wm. Kilbourn, 1841-42-43. Archibald F. Robins, 1844. 
Oliver B. Main, 1845-49-50. Chas. A. Spencer, 1847-48. Jos. Kent, 1851- 
56. Daniel B. Parsons, 1853-54. Silas Vinton, 1855-59-G0-C8-71. Hora- 




*SAMUEL A. FERRIN, 

*Supfyziso) o/Chttry Creek foi Ten Yf^ars. 

tic Hill, 1857-58-64. E. W. Parsons, 1861-63-65. Anthony Morian, 
1862-67. Geo. N. Frost, 1866-69-72-73-75-77. W. C. Carpenter, 1870- 
Harry Bilings, 1874. Wm. S. Blaisdell, 1878-79. Jas. Richardson, 1880. 
S. A. Ferrin, 1881-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-91-92. W. F. Stetson, 1889. Wm. 
I. Phillips, 1890. R. A. Hall, 1893 94-95. C. L. Wheeler, 1896-97-98-99, 
1900. 

The first town meeting in Cherry Creek after its formation, was held at 
the hotel of George H. Frost, in March, 1830. The names of the oiBcers 
elected are not ascertained, except those of James Carr, Supervisor, and 
Robert James, Town Clerk. 

*Av AytkU\ "Bf'ograp/iy.'^ 

30 



WAR RECORD. 



"PHIS book would not be complete without the mention of the patri- 
4. otism and loyalty shown by our citizens during the civil war. We 
lost many noble sons during those years of the nation's peril and 
we love to honor their names and memory. The following is a 
complete record of officers, soldiers and seamen composing the quota 
of the troops furnished the United States by the Town of Cherry Creek: 




1865" Franklin Bullock, priv. 112th rej;., Co. C. enlisted Aug. 23, 186->, killed Oct. 27, 1864.. 
Chas Bullock, priv. 11th reg., Co. E, enlisted Sept. 2. ISCi. discharged June +, 1865. Geo. Had- 
lev corp 112th reg.. Co. K, enlisted .\ug. 26, 1862. discharged July 22.1865. Artemus Hall, 
cor'o 112th reg Co. K. enlisted .\ug 28, 1862, discharged from service on account of wounds. 
S v'Mount priv. I12th reg,, Co. K. enlisted Aug. 28. 1862, killed in battle Jan. 15, 1865. 
Everit Shattuck priv. 112th reg.. Co. K, enlisted Aug. 25. 1862. died in hospital near Fortress 
Monroe Va July 20 1863. Geo. F. Mount. 1 st lieut. 1 1 2th reg , Co. K. enlisted Aug. 25, 1862, 
killed wiiile on picket dutv Aug. 25, 1 86+. Joseph Dewherse, priv. 9th reg., Co. K. enlisted Sept. 
3 1S64. discharged June 2, 1865. Chas. VV. Mount. Corp. 112th reg., Co. C, enhsted .\ug. 1, 
1H6-' discharged July 1, 1865. N. B. Rich irdson, priv. 112th r. g., Co. C, discharged June 13, 
ises' \ Lawrence Jr., priv. sharp shooter Co. 7, drafted Aug. 19, 1863, discharged July 21, 
1H65 Orton Hill, Corp. 194th reg., Co. F.. enlisted Mar.h 28, 1865, discharged May 3. 1865 
Reuben Bullock priv. 9th reg.. Co. K, enlisted Sept. 1 1. 1864, killed by guerillas at BerrysviUe, 
Va ^u" 13 1862. Peter Bullock, priv. 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Sept. 11, 1861. discharged Oct. 
■'5"l864 Jas. H. Bullock, capt 112th reg.. Co. C, ealisted Aug. 1. 1862, discharged Dec. 28, 

1863 Richard Bullock, capt. 9th reg. Co. K, enlisted Jan. 5. 1862, discharged July 17 1864, 
Franklin Bronson, priv. 112th reg., Co. K, enlisted Aug. 31, 1862, died at Suffolk, Va., Feb. 26. 
186^ O C Mvres, priv. 112th regt.. Co. C, enlisted Aug. 9. 1862, discharged June 13. 1865. 
L H Reade priv. 112th reg. Co. K, enlisted Aug. 27, 1862 (X), Gideon S. Bannister, priv. 
li2tii reg , Co. C, enUsted Aug. 9, 1862. discharged Aug. 12, 1805. C. J. Emery, sarg. 100th 
reg Co H enlisted Oct. 23, 1861. discharged June 30, 18fi5. Royal W. Powers, priv. 112th 
reg" Co K enlisted Aug. 30, 1862, discharged June 30. 1865. G. A. S. Kent, corp. 100th reg., 
Co H. enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, discharged Sept. 10. 1862. Willard King, corp. 112th reg.. Co. C, 
enlisted \ag 1 1862, died Nov. 14, 1864. Pelson Woodwo'th. priv. Il2th reg.. Co. R. enlisted 
Aug. 2S, 1862, discharged June 13, 1865. 1-vman Briggs. priv. 112th reg , Co. K. enlisted Aug. 
28 1862. died in the city of Bufl'alo April 24, 1865. Ransom Briggs, priv. 100th reg., Co. H. 
enlisted Oct. 23, 1861, discharged Jan. 30 1865. Richard M. Frew priv. 9th reg . Co. I. enlisted 
Aug 21 1864 discharged June 1, 1865. Oscar Brown, priv. 112th reg. Co. C. enlisted .\ug. 1 1 . 
1S62 discharged June 13, 1865. S. A Ferrin, sarg. 112th reg., Co. C, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, 
discharged Sept. 13, 1865. Wm. Ferrin, priv. 112th reg., Co. K. enlisted Aug. 25, 1862, died 
Aug I 1864, at New Orleans, La. Edward Grave, enlisted Dec. 30, 1863, i X I. Isaac James, 
enlisted Dec. 30, 1863, I X). Thos. Benjamin, enlisted Dec. 31, 1863, (X). Geo. Cooper, enlisted 
Dec 31, 1863, (XI. Robert Wathner, enlisted Dec. 31. 1863, (X ). Wm. D. Hall, enlisted Jan 6, 

1864 (X). Mark Dow (sub.). enUsted Aug. 21, 18 i4, (XI. Walter Wilcox ( sub. ), enlisted Aug 
•54. 1864 (X) Jacob VanWormer (sub.), enlisted Aug.24. 1864. (XI. Frank Chapman enlisted 
Aug 27, 1864, (X). Geo. Bemis, enlisted Sept. 1, 1864. (X ), Leroy H. Davis, enlisted Sept. 1, 

1864 (X). John Dotton (sub. I. enUsted Feb. 13, 1865, (XI. Thos. Smith (sub. I, enlisted Feb, 
16 1865, (XI. Douglas Wishart (sub.), enlisted Feb. 16, 1865, (X). Robt. Denbir (.sub.), en- 
listed Feb. 16. 1865, (X). Senaca LeBarron, enlisted Feb. 18, 1864. (X). John M. Good (sub. I, 
enlisted Feb. 23. 1865. 1 X). Hiram LeBarron. 90th reg., re-enlisted March 1. 18155, ( X). John 
LeBarron, 90th reg. enlisted March 8, 1865, ( X). S. M . Vincent, 21st reg., enlisted March 21, 

1865 (X). David Hartmore 21st reg., enlisted March 21, 1865, I X I. John Crowley. 21st reg., 
enlisted April 1. 1865, (Xi. A.J. Losee, priv. 112th reg., Co. K, enlisted .\ug. 25 1862, died at 
Suffolk. Va., Oct. 23, 18-12. Chas. Mann, priv. 19th reg. Co. F, enlisted March 28, 18>i5. dis- 
charged May 3. 1865. John Brown corp. 9th reg , Co. K, enlisted Jan. 29, 1864, discharged June 
17, 1865. O. C. Powers, priv. 148th reg., Co. K, enlisted Jan. 14, 1864, discharged Aug. 2,1863, 
John \V. Lawrence, commissary 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Dec. 20, 1863, discharged July 17,1865. 
F. .\. Phillips, sharp-shooter, date of enlistment unknown, died at Suffolk. Va., Feb. 17, 1862. 
Geo. Bentlev. priv. 112th reg.. Co. K. enlisted Aug. 16, 1862, discharged July 24, 1S63. Geo. W. 
Phillips, priv. 6th reg., Co K, enlisted Sept. 1 , 1862, died at Washington. II. C, July 6, 1862. 
Jas. H. Wheeler. 1st sarg. 112th reg., Co. C, enlisted July 28, 1862 discharged June 13, 1865. 
A H. Button, 2nd lieut., enlisted Aug.. 1862, date of discharge unknown. J. W. Boys. priv. 112th 
reg., Co. K, enUsted Aug. 28. 1862, discharged June 13, 1865. John F. Oakes, priv. 112th reg., 
Co. K, enlisted Aug. 28, 1862, discharged Jan. 15, 1865. A. R. Gould. Corp. 112th reg.. Co. K, 
enlisted Aue. 28, 18r,L.', killed on battle field June 1, 1864. N. H. Pierce, priv. 1 12th reg., Co. C, 
enlisted Aug. 1, 1S62. die.l at General Hospital. Long Island. .April 8, 1862. H. B. Gilbert priv- 
72nd reg Co. D. enlisted May 23, 1861. discharged June 20, 1864. Cornelious VanWormer, 
priv. 72nd reg., Co. D. enlisted May 23, 1861, discharged June 10, 1864. E. L. Rowe, 72nd reg., 
Co. D, enlisted May 23, 1861, killed instantly at the battle of Williamsburg, Va., May o, 1862. 
Perry Ells. priv. 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Jan. 5. 1864, died at Cherry Creek July 25 1864 Wm. 
N Ells, sharp-shooter, priv. 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, discharged Dec. 19, 1863, re- 
enlisted, sarg. 9th reg., Co. K, Dec. 19. 1863 discharged July 17, 1865. Jacob VanHousen. 72nd 
reg . Co. K. enlisted May 28, 1861, I X I. Wm. Crumb, priv. 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Sept. 5, 
1864, discharged June 1, 1865. John orislev. corp. 49th reg., Co. I, enlisted Aug. 13. 1861, dis- 
charged Jan. 15. 1863, re-enlisted Tan. 5, 1863, killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., May 12, 
1864. Tax Hunting, Corp. 49th reg., Co. I, enlisted Aug. 13. 1861, discharged Jan. 15, 1863, re- 
enlisted Jan. 15, 1863, killed at or near Cold Harbor. Alrah Hunting. 49th reg.. Co. I, enlisted 
Aug. 13, 1863, died at hospital, Alexandra, Va.; date of death unknown. Henry Porter, 72nd 
reg. Co. D, enUsted May 23. 1861. discharged June 13, 186 '. Moses .\. Ellis, priv. 112th reg., 
Co. K, enlisted Aug. 2, 1862, discharged June 13, 1865. J. K. Phillips. Corp. 9th reg., Co. K, en- 
listed Sept. 11, 1861. discharged Dec. 6. 1863, re-enlisted, Corp. 9th reg.. Co. K, Dec. 20, 1863, 
discharged July 17, 1865. O. E. Bennett, priv. 6th reg.. Co. K, enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, discharged 
Dec. 19, 1863, "re-enlisted, capt. 9th reg., Co. K, Dec. 20, 1863, discharged June 16, 1865. Henry 

X. Date of discharge unknown. 



Bennett, priv. 9th reg., Co. K, enlisted Sept. 11. 1861. discharged Dec. 19, 186^. re-enlisted, priv- 
9th reg., Co. K. Dec. 20. 18'53. discharged July 17, IS-iS. Daniel Nichols, priv. 112th reg., Co. K, 
enlisted Aug. L'S. 18GJ, discharged July 13. ISn-t. A. O. Hill. priv. 9th reg.. Co. K. enlisted un. 
known, died at David's Island, New York Harbor. June 5, 1862. Samuel McKelva. sarg. 46th 
reg.. Co. I, enlisted Aug. 13. 1861, discharged Jan. 15. 1863. Alonzo Powers, priv. 112th resr.,. 
Co. K, enlisted Aug. 25. 1862, discharged July 1, 186 ■>. Oscar Howard, priv. yth reg.. Co. K, 
enlisted Jan. 23, 186 i-. died at Richmond, Ya., date unknown. S. W. Lewis, priv. 1 1 2th reg.. Co. 
K. enlisted Aug. 29. 1S62. discharged Oct. 27, 1864., C. L. Rythcr. drafted Aug. 19. 1863, taken 
prisoner and afterwards discharged in June, 186 'i. Robert White ( aub. i enlisted Aug. 19. 18 i3, 
(Xi. R.J. Randall (^sub. (. enlisted Aug. 19, 1863. date of discharge unknown. Wra. Fox, en- 
listed Dec. 3 >. 1 863, (X ). Wra Merritt. enlisted Dec. 30, 1863 (X). H. S. Putnam. 13th reg., 
Co. C. enlisted Aug. 12. 1863. died at Duakirk, N. Y., Dec. 9, ls63. Svlvester Hall. priv. 9th 
reg., Co. P. enlisted Nov. 5. 1861 discharged Dec. 20, 1863, re enlisted Dee. 2»^, 1863. discharged 
July 31. 1S65. Isaac Brown, priv. 9th reg.. Co. F. enlisted Nov. 5. 1S61. dischargel Apiil 9 
18 52. Robert James i sub. », enlisted Aug. 30 is64r date of discharge unknown. Franklin James 
(sub (, enlisted Aug. 30. 1864. (X). Chas. O. Morian. sarg. 21st reg.. Co. B. enlisted Apiil 6 
1861, discharged May 10. 1863. Geo. W. Burdick. priv. 22nd reg.. Co K, enlisted Jan. 28, 1864, 
discharged Aug. 1, ISS.*^. Lewis James, priv. 9th reg.. Co. K, enlisted Oct. 4. 18 il. discharged 
Dec. 19 1863. re-enlisted Dec. 20 1863 discharged Julv 20 1865. ^Ym. Johnson, priv. 112th 
reg., Co. G, enl'sted Aug. 11. l'*62, died at Portsmouth, Va.. July 29. 1863. Joseph Wells, en- 
listed April 1, 1865. date ol discharge unknown. Chas. T. Regde, 1st sarg. 112th reg., Co. C, 
muster d Sept. 11, 1862, discharged Dec. 5, 1864. Wayne Billings, corp. 112th reg., Co- C. 
mustered Sept. 11, 1862, (X ). Orin Johnson. 9th reg. Co. K, enlisted Sept. 11, IsBl. dischargf d 
Dec, 20, IS 63. re-enlisted Dec. 20 1861. ( X L Lvnian Johnson, corp. 9th reg.. Co. K, enlisted 
Sept. 11, 1861, discharged Dec. 20. 1863, re-enlisted Dec. 20. 1863. discharged Julv 4. 1865. 
Arza Bullock, priv. 9th reg. Co. K. enlisted Jan. 28. 1864, died at Cherrv Creek Aug. 9 1864. 
Joseph Bullock, priv. 7th reg.. Co. K. enlisted Jan. 26. 1864. discharged July 17, 1865. Wm. 
VanWornier priv. 19*th reg., Co. F, enlisted April 15, 1865, discharged May 3, 1865. James 
McCrockle enlisted Dec. 30, 1863. 

The war expenses of the town of Cherry Creek from April 15. ls61, to Nov., 1865, were $27. 
317.85. 

(X) Date of discharge unknown, 



NAVAL SERVICE. 



L. O. Brigham. enlisted .\ug. 25 1864 died in Brooklyn Oct. 2^, 
enlisted Sept. 3 1864. and died at Smithland, Ky.. of consumption. 
September 2. lsF)4, dischan ed and died at Smith- 
land, Kv. Jan. 1865. Wm. Shannon, priv.. enlisied 
Sept. 2, 1864. discharged June 18. 1«65. Geo. W. Os- 
■wold, priv.. tnlisted Sej3t. 2, 1864. discharged June 13. 
1865. Norman Thomas priv., enlisted Aug. 25.186'. 
W. M. Hyatt, priv., enlisted Aug. 25. ls64. Geo. W. 
Northrup priv.. enlisted Aug. 25, 1864. Thos. Morian. 
enlisted Aug. 25, 1864. W. S. Gardiner, priv.. enlisted 
Aug. 25, lxfi4. Chas. D. Spenser, priv., enlisted 
Sept. 3 1864. discharged Jiine 25, 1S65. H. W. Hii- 
dum. enlisted Aug. 2-3, 1864. Russ Jones (sub.i. en- 
listed Oct. 13, 186i. 



IS 74. Morriss Fitzgerald, 
Levi Smith isub.i, enlisted 



SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 

Clare H. Kent, enlisted at Leavenworth. Kan., in 
1887 in Co. G. ISth I', S. Infantry served five years 
and re-enlisted in Co. E. served th^ee years and two 
months and re-enlisted in Co. A. He \vent to Manila 
with the first consignment, where he is now regi- 
mental quartermaster sergeant. 




R. Francis Adams, enlisted in the spring of ISP 9 in 
Co. A, 3"th U. S. volunteers. He is now in the PhiJ- 
lippine Islands and is company clerk. 



Earl R. Martin, enlisted in October, 1899, in Co. K. 
46th regiment, U. S. volunteers. He is now in Ma- 
nilla 



Harley Slocum, enlisted October. 1899, in Co. K- 
46th regiment II. S volunteers. He is now in Manda. 
a member of the regimental band. 



Claude G. Bannister, enlisted July. 1896, as a pri- 
vate of Co. B, 8th U. S. infantry. "He was killed at 
Havana, March 16, 1899. His remains were brought 
to Cherry Creek for interment Feb. 21, 19U0. 

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SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' 
MONUMENT, 




Prisideiit oj the I illugc of Clirrry Creek. 



GROWTH OF THE VILLAGE. 



aiERRY CREEK VILLAGE was incorporated May 20th, 1893. 
The lirst trustees were L S. Benton, W. E. Shepardson, H. Clin- 
ton Mount. The first election was held June 17th, 1893, when 
C. A. Mount was chosen president; G. LeRoy Martin, clerk; 
G. W. Brown, treasurer; IL E. Saiford, collector. A great many 
kinds of manufacturing business have been carried on in the Village 
and vicinity from time to time. For many years lumbering was the principal 





C. A. MOUNT, 

First President Cherry Creek Village and President of the Business Men^s Association. 

business until the greater part of the neighboring forest had been cut down. 
But there has never been a lack of useful and profitable industries. Cherry 
Creek has never gone to sleep, or lost the active impetus given by the first 
enter^jrising settlers. We have been obliged, because of lack of space, to 
leave out a large amount of interesting matter concerning those who were 
chief promoters of Cherry Creek's growth and advancement, and concerning 
several of her sons who gained considerable prominence in the past, for we 
are attempting in this work to deal more with the present status of our 
Village, and only dwell on its past history to the extent necessary to place on 
record some of the events that make it historically interesting. 



Since its incorporation several very substantial men have held the office of 
Village President, viz: C. A. Mount, 1893-9-4; W. F. Stetson, 1895; S. A. 
Ferrin, 1896-98; R. A. Hall, 1897; F. J. Shattuck, 1899. The present 
government consists of a President and two Trustees, who manage the 
affairs of the village and a Clerk, Treasurer and Collector. The present 
officers are President, F. J. Shattuck; Trustees, 0. A. Mount, G. W. 
Rood; Treasurer, W. E. Shepardson; Collector, L. E. Master; Clerk, G. L. 
Martin; Street Commissioner, John C. Waite; Police Constable, L. E. 
Master; Board of Health, A. H. Curtiss, G. W. Brown. The Board 
holds stated meetings every Monday night in the Ferrin Block where the 
business of the Village is transacted. The street lighting is looked after 
by Addison Bronson. About $1,200 is expended every year for Village im- 
provements and the general conduct of the Village government. The 
President, Board of Trustees, Treasurer, and collector are elected by a 
vote of the people; the Clerk, Street Commissioner, Police Constable by 
the Board of Trustees. Annual elections occurs the third Tuesday of each 
March. The present form of Village government is exceedingly popular 
and has given the utmost satisfaction to every class in the community. 



RAILROAD FACILITIES. 

Cherry Creek has good Railroad facilities, situated on the line of the 
Buffalo and South Western R. R. — the best paying division of the whole 
Erie System — 48 miles from Buffalo, to which point there are four passenger 
trains each day and 22 miles from Jamestown with a like number of pas- 
senger trains, besides numerous freight trains each way. The depot a very 
handsome and convenient one-story building is tastefully and comfortably ar- 
ranged. It was built in 189G, costing 13,000; its dimensions are 22xGG feet. 






CHERRY CREEK'S DEPOT. 

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Hot air supplies the lieat in winter. There is a ticket office, baggage room, 
and hirge waiting room. 

Geo. J. Quigley is the agent and also agent of the TVells Fargo Express 
Co., both of which positions he capably fills and he has made many friends 
by his genial disposition and gentlemanly bearing. Geo. II. Manchester is 
the telegraph operator and is most popular with patrons of the road. 



AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 

In selecting a place of residence the advantages offered by a town, socially, 
educationally and otherwise, are a very important consideration with many 
jjeople. During the past few years the village has made very substantial 
progress in the way of improvements. The superior educational facilities of 
Cherry Creek, with its superb Union Free School, makes a desirable place 
for families to educate their children. Cherry Creek people have become 
widely known for their hospitality and their social qualities. Still another 
advantage which Cherry Creek has, is its strong churches, wedding as they 
do an all powerful influence for good. 



BOARD OF TRADE. 

The business men of Cherry Creek now have an organization that is doing 
effective work in jironioting the business interests of the Village in various 
directions. The officers of the association are: President, C. A. Mount; 
Secretary, AVill. T. Eeade; Treasurer, W. F. Stetson; Board of Directors, 
Chas. J. Shults, A. H. Curtiss, W. E. Shepardson, C. H. Delemater and Dr. 
C. A. Shepard. The Association was organized January 12, 1000, and already 
there is evidence of its good work. It is destined to do much good for 
the Village and town. 



RECREATION. 



The citizens of Cherry Creek, although among the busiest people to be 
found anywhere, nevertheless find time for recreation. There is ample 
opportunity for indulgence in the various popular sports. We have always 
had a good base-ball team, and have acquired quite a reputation in this 
direction. The town is the home of quite a number of speedy horses and 
much interest is taken in this direction. Many of the driving horses 
about here are lively steppers, and the owners take a pardonable interest in 
their Hiers. Game is quite abundant and a good many of our citizens are 
ardent nimrods. The Gun Club indulges in trap shooting every week. 
Cherry Creek has more bicycles in proportion to its population than probably 
any other village. 

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CHERRY CREEK POST-OFFICE. 

The Cherry Creek Post ollice was established in 1832. Geo. H. Frost being 
the first Post -Master. It had humble quarters in a building located on the 
site where Mrs. Anthony Morian's residence stands. For some time the 
office was a primitive affair and mail was received and forwarded once a week. 
There was a stage line conducted for many years between Silver Creek and 
Jamestown, passing through this Village. The mail was carried by a man 
by the name of Page who made trips on horseback. At the time the Post 
otiice was established there was considerable strife as to where it should be 
located, between the residents of the settlement at Shattuck's Corners 
and those of where the village is now located. The settlers at the Corners 
said they did not propose to come down to this "mud hole" for their mail 




RICHARD C. BULLOCK, 

Pu:ilniast€y of Cherry Crcfk. 

and by its location here engendered considerable bitterness. After all, in 
the long run, the residents of that section of the town seem to have come 
out ahead for they now enjoy free mail delivery and the residents of the 
Village do not. The following have succeeded Mr. Frost as Postmaster, in 
the following order: Cyrus Thatcher, Seth Grover, Chas. A. Spencer, Seth 
Grover, Loomis Bartlett, Chas. A. Spencer, Silas Vinton, Judson Sheffield, 
W. U. Edwards, W. E. Griswold, C. A. Mount, M. Allen, 0. A. Mount, 
Will. T. Reade and R. C. Bullock. The increase in the business done by the 
Post office is an indication of the growth of Cherry Creek to some extent. 
When C. A. Mount was first appointed Post Master in 18T4 his salary was 
§110 per year, and the present salary of Post Master Bullock is nearly 
§1,000 per year. 



TELEPHONE. 

Since 1895, Cherry Creek has been connected by long-distance telephone. 
The New York and Pennsylvania Telephone and Telegraph Co. supplies 
the local service of which there are 25 'Phones, that connects with the long 
distance service. They furnish a good service at a comparatively small cost. 



THE LADIES. 



The ladies of Cherry Creek are always at the front in every good work, 
and they have the reputation of being generally successful in whatever they 
undertake in a public way, whether in the direction of benevolence, socially 
or fraternally. The ladies of nearly all of the churches are organis^ed in 
auxilliary societies in which they are doing very effective work in furthering 
the interests of churches and Christianity. Besides the social and religious 
work accomplished through these societies, they are contributing very 
materially to the finances by holding suppers, socials, etc., etc. 



BRUSH AND PENCIL. 

During the past few years a large and increasing Interest has been mani- 
fested in the village in everything pertaining to art, and the various branches 
of painting, etc. has many devotees, as well as students always increasing in 
number. China painting has its favorites and embroidery too, as well as 
crayon, oil and water color painting. Those who have done much to stimu- 
late an interest in art are Miss Una Bullock, Miss Mattie Blaisdell, Mrs. C. 
S. Smith, who have for some time past given instructions in oil, water color, 
pastel and china painting and crayon work, besides supplying many of the 
homes of the town with gems of art. Miss Blaisdell is an artist of rare 
ability, she and Mrs. Smith being graduates of Cooper's Institute, New 
York City. Rev. D. 11. Dennison does excellent work in crayon and pastel. 
His studio at present is located in the Baptist parsonage. In China painting 
Mrs. A. H. Curtiss is an expert. Mrs. Bird Green is a very successful 
teacher in oil painting. There is a large and steady growing interest in art 
embroidering and needle work among the ladies of Cherry Creek, and many 
of the homes of the Village are handsomely embellished with decorative 
work. 

JOURNALISM. 

The press sways the world. It is the great lever by which human minds 
are moved and the moulder of public opinion. It is the elevating and enobling 
power that lifts us, work worn and weary though we may be, out of the 
time deepened ruts of conservatism, and places us fairly and squarely upon 
the even and upward track of advanced thought and feeling. The first 
newspaper was published in Germany in 1600. Journalism in the United 
States took its start from a paper called Public Observances, both foreign 

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and domestic, wliich was established in Boston in 1(500. This, however, 
was soon surpressed by the authorities, only one issue being allowed. The 
courts held that it was published contrary to law and contained reilections 
of a very high nature. But early in the 18th century the Boston JS'ews-Letlcr 
made its appearance; and from this America's journalism has grown and 
progressed, until to-day, we enjoy the distinction of being the leaders of 
the world, both in the number and quality of our newspaper productions. 
There are in the United States 2119 daily papers or over 000 more than in 
any other country in the world. There are 114 tri-weekly and bi-weekly 
papers, and of weekly papers we have 15,078 or more than all the countries 
of Europe combined. In Chautauqua County, the history of the press 
dates back to the year 1817, at which time the Cliautauqua Gazette was 
established at Fredonia by James Perceval. This was followed in 1810 by 
the Chautiiuiina Engte, published at ilayville, and again in 1821 by the 
fouudintf of the Fredonia Ci'iisor, the publication of which is now continued 
and it is, therefore, the oldest paper in the county. There are now twenty 
weeklies and four daily papers in the county. 

In Cherry Creek in 1870, E. A. Hayes, a lawyer here at that time edited 
a paper, called the Herald <nul Censor, the type-setting and press work being 
done out of town. This paper continued for about a year. In July 1882, 
John II. (iardiner, founded the Cherry Creek Motittor, which he sold in 
December of that year to M. J. Ackley, who soon thereafter took a partner 
in the person of II. D. Caskey. This co-partnership continued for seven 
montlis when Mr. Ackley purchased his partner's interest. In November 
1884, Messrs. Shults and Whipple, purchased the office and plant of him, 
at which time the Pine Valley Xe/ra 
was removed to this place and both 
pajiers consolidated and issued under 
the name of the Cliernj ( 'reel- JVeirs. 
Mr. Whipple remained a member of the 
firm until the following May. The 
writer conducted the paper successfully 
until October, 1897, when he sold to 
one Fred. Huntley, who practically 
discontinued it after a trial of about 
four months. Mr. Shults then revived 
it, and sold again in October, 1898, 
to ilessrs. Keade & Smith, who 
changed the name to the Wvelctij Xeirx. 
Every element that has contributed to 
the growth and prosperity of Cherry 
Creek, and helped to place her in the 
enviable position she now occupies 
among surrounding villages, becomes a 
subject of pride to her citizens. Among 
the agencies that have brought about 
this result, none have been more 
powerful than her newspaper. 

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CHAS. A. SPENCER, 

AgtU <jio yrars. Still liiing. 
See Article. "Iiii>^iii/>lty." 



OUR CHURCHES. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

'HE Methodist Episcopal Church of Cherry Creek, whose commodious 
house of worship stands on ilaio Street, was organized in 1S57. There 
were but seven members in tlie class, viz: — R. W. Parsons, W.W. Dur- 
kee, Jane Durkee, Barnabas Boys, Polly Boys, Elizabeth Ells, and 




REV. A. B. WILKINSON, 

Pastor Methodist Kpisi'opal C/niirh. 



Mary Ells. Mr. Boys and Mr. Durkee were the first to agitate an M. E. organ- 
ization. Mr. Durkee secured the Rev. 0. S. Meade, who was stationed at that 
time in Ellington circuit, to formally organize a class. For two years they 
had no place of worship. Through the kindness of the Free Baptist people 
they worshiped a part of the time in their church. They afterwards went 

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to the school house and held services there until 1S51). In this year through 
the energetic efforts of Messrs. Parsons, I^oys, Durkee and Kev. Whalen 
money enough was secured to purchase a let, with an old store building on 
it, which the church still owns and on which they erected their new edifice. 
The lot and building were purchased from Dr. Oliver P. Main, Robert and 
Harry James. It would be ungrateful to the memory of these persons not 
to mention that they were very generous in their gifts to the infant Church 
in making the purchase and were always its staunch friends. The old store 
building was soon transformed into a place of worship, and in the place 
where the people were wont to go to buy bread for the physical man, the 
bread of eternal life was faithfully broken Sabbath after Sabbath. Soon after 
the organization of the class Stephen Adams and his wife brought letters 
from the Hamlet church and united with it. Also Perry Gillette and his 
wife. Thus their small nucleus of a church began to attract others to it. 
The first revival worthy of notice was in 1859-60 under Joseph Leslie and 
Ira R. James, a local preacher. During the revival the number of the class 
was increased some 30 or more. In the winter of 1S72-3 the Rev. Alva Wil- 
der had perhaps the greatest revival in the history of the church. It lasted 
three months and the membershijj was increased over ]U0. Also under the 
ministry of the Rev's. J. W. Smith, W. W. Dale, J. G. Ginader and H. A. 
Ellis the membership was materially increased. The church was a part of 
the Ellington Circuit until 1807 when it with the Bates Appointment was 
made a seperate charge and called 
the "Cherry Creek Charge." 
The old-store house was used as 
a church until 1880 when the 
building of the edifice began to 
be agitated. This worthy pro- 
ject began under the ministry 
of Rev. J. W. Smith, who is 
worthy of great credit for his 
untiring efforts in securing the 
necessary means. The plaus and 
most of the necessary funds were 
in the hands of the building com- 
mittee at the end of his ministry. 
The Rev. W. W. Dale was his 
successor. Under him the work 
was pushed forward with great 
energy, and in the fall of 1882 
the church was dedicated. It is 
a beautiful country church, built 
after the most approved modern 
style, costing $5,00t). In this 
brief history the liberality and 
heroism of the membership in 
their struggle for the new cdi- j^^ £_ cHURCH. 




fice mast not be overlooked. The church at that time was not as many 
in members and as rich in the goods of this world as at present. It was 
a hard struggle, but they put their faith in God, and their hands in their 
pockets, and up went the church. It is a pleasure to note that many who 
were not members of any church gave liberally to the work. From out of 
the church tower on the Holy Sabbath an iron tongue calls the worshipers 
together from Village and country. This was a gift from ^Ir. and Mrs. 
Eugene Shattuck. 

Of the original class of seven members in 1857, there now survives ,viz: R. 
W. Parsons and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Durkee. The church has two local 
preachers Rev. J. W. Smith and Mr. Fred. Billings. The present member- 
ship is 113. The trustees are G. A. Scofield, W. E .Shepardson, Orton James, 
Smith Scofield, G. S. Kent, R. W. Parsons. The stewards are R. W. Parsons, 
Miss Nora B. Lake, Mrs. Cynthia Xewton, G. S. Kent, Smith Scofield, 
Mrs. P. W. Lord, H. N. Shepard, Mrs. Olive Scofield, W. E. Shepard- 
son. The Sandy School officers are: Rev. J. W. Smith, Supt. ; 
Miss Lena King, Sec'y; Miss Sarah A. Sweet, Treas. The attendance 
is about 70. The Epworth League officers are : Miss Xora B. Lake, Pres. ; 
Mrs. G. A. Scofield, Mrs. Flora Bullock, Mrs. Flora Day, Mrs. Jennie 
Decker, Vice Presidents; Miss Sarah A. Sweet, Sec'y; Arthur Weed, Treas. 
Rev. A. B.Wilkinson is the present pastor and the church is in a very prosper- 
ous condition. Rev. Wilkinson was born in Batavia, Dec. 16, 1878. He com- 
menced preaching when but 14 years of age and is a man of exceptional ability. 

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 

The first Baptist Church was organized October :26, 1832, with the follow- 
ing members : Ira B. Tanner, Eunice Tanner, Covel Xickerson, Carolina 

Nickerson John Essex, Almeria Bly, 
Prudence Bly, ^lercy Babcock, Samuel 
Hodges, Lydia Hodges, Betsey Matte- 
son and Daniel Osborn. 

Daniel Osborn was a Revolutionary 
soldier having served for several years 
under Washington. In January, 1833, 
the church elected Jarius Nash, 
deacon, and Covel Nickerson, ckrk. 
The public services and other 
meetings which had been commenced 
in the old log schoolhouse, Dist. No. 
2, were continued in the same place 
for several years, until a frame building 
surplanted the logs. In these two 
houses was nurtured the tender plant 
which has since become a goodly tree. 
Elder Bennett from Forestville was 
the first settled pastor. He commenced 
his work as an occassional supply, 

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REV, D. H. DENNISON, 

Pastor First Baptist Church. 




FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 



afterward entering upon more regular work. In 1841 the Rev. B. C. 
Willougliby, whose jiicture is here presented and who now resides at Ran- 
dolph, in the 94th year of his age, was the pastor. During the following 
winter protracted meetings were held in the log school house in which he 
was assisted by Rev. Glazier of Xapoli. They continued for several weeks when 
an unexpected impulse was given to the work by the early death of George 
Wilcox, a bright promising youth of 18 years of age. An impression was 
made which deepened and extended 
over the entire neighborhood, from 
this the religious life of the district 
received a lasting impulse and the Bap- 
tist Church was much strengthened. 

In 1843, Rev. A. Stone entered upon 
the pastorate which he occupied four 
years. In 1848, Rev. B. C. Willoughby 
returned and continued in the church 
for three years. During this term of ser- 
vice the meeting house was built. In 
1851 Rev. H. Fuller became pastor. 
After faithfully serving the church for 
four years he was followed in 185G by 
Rev. Allison. In 1858, Rev. Xornian 
Thomas became pastor which position he 
held honorably for six years, when he 
resigned and entered the service of the 

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REV. B. C. WILLOUGHBY, 

An Eiiflv cherry C'ft'k Passat . 



U. S. Navy. The Sunday School Superintendent and Librarian also enlisted 
and entered the army, thus soldiers of the cross and also soldiers of their 
country. 

In 18*J5 Rev. J. P. Islip filled the vacant pastorate and remained with 
the church for five and one half years during which time the membership 
was increased to 108. 

In 187 L Rev. W. G. Brown became pastor and served the church for two 
years. In 1873 Rev. J. A. Pickard took up the work and carried it forward 
for three years. In 1877 Rev. G. W. DivoU accepted the jjastorate which 
he successfully filled until January 1883, when Rev. E. B. Hutching 
entered upon a term of work for nearly two years. In January 1885 Rev. E. 
W. Green commenced his labors and many names were added to the church 
roll under his pastorate. On July 9, 1887, the church was reorganized to 
meet tlie requirements of the State law of 1880 and the following were 
elected trustees: G. Frank Lapham, Milo Boutwell and S. B. Robertson. 
The name of the old organization was retained viz: The Cherry Creek 
Regular Baptist Society. The church building was put nnder thorough 
repairs during the summer of 1887, as was also the parsonage the same 
autumn. 

In 1888 Rev. Alexander ilcGowan became pastor and so continued for 
one year. July 7, 1888, the name of the church was changed to "The First 
Baptist Church of Cherry Creek, N. \'." 

The pastors since then have been Rev. Frank Dann, 1889-90, Rev. Chas. 
A. Boorman, '91, Rev. J. C. Ilankinaon, IS'.VMKJ, Rev. J. W. Gage, 1894-95, 
Rev. G. N. Gates, 1895-96-97-98 and the Rev. D. H. Dennison 1899, and 
who is the present efficient pastor. 

In 189G the church was rebuilt and is now a model ediQce, which at once 
invites attention as a structure of dignified and churchly architecture. 
The Baptist Church of to-day stands well to tlie front, as largely including 
Cherry Creek's most well known families. With its well appointed church, 
its various working organizations of societies, and Sunday School, is 
strongly equipped and qualified for beneficient and aggressive work and 
usefulness in its present day and generation. 

The present officers of the church are Trustees: F. H. Cookingham, I. 
S. Benton, Alfred II. Blaisdell. Deacons, S. B. Robertson, Joseph W. 
Pickard, Frank II. Cookingham. 

Sunday School: Dr. G. E. Smith, Superintendent; Julia A. Morian, Asst. 
Supt. 

FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. 

Was organized in 182ii by the Rev. Thos. Grinnell. It was the first 
religious organization of the town, and in the first place consisted of but 
five members, viz: — John P. Hadley and wife, Jotham Godfrey and wife 
and Jlrs. Gardner Crandall. From this meager beginning the society 
developed and became a light-house for good in the community. Among the 
early ministers who preached to this society in private dwellings and school 
houses may be mentioned Rev. David Marks and Rev. Horatio Plum. The 

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REV. E. A. ESTEY, 

Pciiloi Fic, Bapiht Chill, h. 



latter had a successful revival in 1840, 
resulting iu many conversions and some 
25 or 30 accessions to the church. 

Their house of woiship was built in 
1840, at a cost of §2,500. The land 
was given by Harry James. Principal 
among the men who pushed forward 
the work of building was Wni. Green, 
afterward deacon of the church. When 
the house was completed the pews were 
sold to pay the remaining indebtedcfss 
ranging in price from $10 to S20. 

The trustees then as now were com- 
posed of five persons — three in the 
church and two outside. The first 
lioard of trustees were Wm. Green, Par- 
ker Branch, Wm. Kilbourn, John P. 
Hadley and Seth S. Chase. 
The community in general were so elated over their new church that 
everybody contributed to its success. Deacon Branch was employed by 
the general public to ring the bell every morning at six o'clock and again at 

nine in the evening. The 

Free Baptist and Chris- 
tian denomination alter- 
nated at this time in their 
services. Prosperity 
reigned. In 1871 the 
pulpit committee led the 
movement of Ijuilding a 
parsonage the result of 
which was a neat resi- 
dence on Main Street, 
costing SI, 200. It has 
since been improved and 
a barn built on the 
same lot. In 1883 the 
church was repaired to 
the amount of *70O, an 
extensive improve- 
ments have been made 
from time to time since. 
The society at present 
is enjoying a season of 
peace, prosperity and 
good will. 

The present officers of 




FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. 



the church are Trustees: Andrew J. Weaver, Miles Gardiner, Joseph Bul- 
lock, C. L. Edwards, Clarence S. Smith. Deacons A. J. Weaver and Jos- 
eph Bullock. Sunday School Supt., H. S. Chase; Ass't. Supt., Edward 
Lewis; Secretary, Ima Edwards; Treasurer, Flora Weaver. 

The society enjoys the pastoral ministrations of Rev. E. A. Estey, who 
came here in April, 1S'.)8. since which time 38 accessions to the membership 
of the society have been made. 

A Christian Church was organized in Cherry Creek, March 23, 1839. 
The elders officiating were : Warren Skeels and N. A. Perry. Seth S. Chase 
was chosen Ruling Elder, and Sullivan Gardiner, Deacon and clerk. 
Members at the organization of the church were: Sullivan Gardiner, Seth 
S. Chase, Putnam Earrington, Warren Skeels, Fanny Chase, Sally Carr, 
Lepha Weaver, Mary Weaver, Lucy Grover, Betsey King, Harriett James. 
This church had no meeting house, but maintained its organization up to 
about 1861. 



THE CEMETARY. 

The Cherry Creek Central Cemetary Association is a corporation organized 
by law. The cemetary contains about five acres of land, prettily laid out, 
and nicely kept up. The Association was organized December 21, 18-19, 
bj Jared Ingalls, Wm. Green, AVni. Kilbourn, J. P. Utter, Horatio David- 
son, Joseph Kent, Moses Ferrin, Parker K. Branch, Demas Stone, Aman 
Ames, Chas. H. Spencer, L. L. Sweatland, AV. C. Carpenter, R. N. 
Tanner, Clement Strong, Harry James, Cyrus Ingalls, Bliss C. Willoughby, 
Silas Adams, Seth S. Chase, and James Nash. 

There are many costly monuments erected in memory of the departed in 




VIEW IN CHERRY CREEK CEMETERY, 



;^,i:Si.>>ii;ijL. 



this cemetery; also many which have withstood the ravage of the hand of 
time. 

The present officers are: Geo. Kent, President; Albert James, Vice- 
president; I. S. Benton, Sec'y. and Treasurer; F. P. Gillette, Supt. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT. 



The Cherry Creek Fire Department was organized July 15, 1890, at a 
meeting of the citizen's held in Ferrin's Hall. R. A. Hall was the presiding 
officer and John C. Holmes, Secretary. The following were the officers 
elected: Chas. J. Shults, Chief; Fred. F. Green, Asst. Chief; C. A. Mount, 
Pres. ; I. S. Benton, Vice-Pres. ; C. L. Edwards, Secretary; J. H. Springer, 
Treasurer; E. C. Bentley, Foreman; M. H. Butler, Asst. Foreman; G. W. 
Brown, C. A. Mount, G. L. Martin, Trustees. 

Hose Company officers were chosen as follows: R. A. Hall, Pres.; E. J. 
Cobb, Vice-Pres.; M. C. Grady, Sec'y; Bert Hanley, Treasurer; Herman 
C. Mount, Foreman; C. D. Leonard, Asst. Foreman. In the fall of 1897 
the department was reorganized largely through the efforts of F. J. Shat- 
tuck and put in a good condition. The department officers chosen at that 
time were F. J. Shattuck, Chief; J. E. ilartin, Ass't. Chief; A. L. Bullock, 
Sec'y. and Treas. The Hose Co. was incorporated January 28, 1898, with 
27 charter members. The present officers are: U. D. Carl, President; G. 
E. Kent, Vice-Pres.; Fred. L. Gillette, Sec'y; S. A.Johnson, Treasurer; 
Grant E. Kent, Foreman; Conway Waite, Ass't. Foreman; C. E. Hess, B. 
H. Slawson,Fire Wardens; A. P. Oswald, U. D. Carl, Will. T. Reade, G. E. 
Kent, S. A. Johnson, Trustees. It is now composed of 30 members. 

The Department officers are H. C. Mount, Chief; C. D. Green, 1st Ass't. 
Chief; A. P. Oswald, Snd Ass't. Chief; A. L. Bullock, Sec'y and Treas. 
The officers of the Engine Company are: E. C. Bentley, Foreman; Vern 
Farrington, 1st Ass't. Foreman; E. J. Boyd, 2nd Asst. Foreman; C. A. 
Mount, President; Geo. White, Vice-Pres.; Edson Skiff, Sec'y; P. P. 
Gillette, Teasnrer; F. P. Gillette, J. E. Martin, G. L. Martin, S. E. Young,, 
0. J. Budd, Directors; G. 0. Wilcox, Richard Leworthy, Fire Wardens. 

The company is composed of 30 members. 



The first newspaper printed here was the CherryCreek M'oiii/or, June 30, 
1883. It was a six column folio, edited and published by John Hillman 
Gardiner, and it contained considerable local news. The advertisers: 
Spencer & Parsons, dry goods; Becker & Stilson, groceries; Allen & James, 
hardware; G. F. Mitchell, dry goods; Black & Strand, meat market; M. J. 
Kenyon, furniture; Mrs. C. R. Durfee, millinery; E. B. Reade, harness 
shop; G. F. Lapham, insurance; X. G. Shepard, hardware; Washburn & 
Sayers, groceries and drugs; F. Boger, groceries; G. 0. Wilcox, groceries; 
H. Bannister, dry goods, and D. P. Crumb, dentist. The subscription price 
was ^1.00 per year. 




CHERRY CREEK UNION FREE SCHOOL. 






miss: MYRTLE J- MASON. 



MISS ADA L. HOAG. MISS BERTHA M. COWLES. 





PROF. J. M. CROFOOT. 





MISS CLARA V. CARTER. MISS ALICE M. METZ. 

UNION FREE SCHOOL FACULTY. 



OUR SCHOOL. 

? N TRAVELING over oiir great educational highways, it is sometimes a 
T ) pleasure, to turn to ihe past and draw encouragement for the future 
7( from the progress that has been made. It is a pleasure also to turn to 
• the present and view the school in its prosperous condition; it is like- 
wise a pleasure to turn our faces to the future, and the past and the present 
as sign boards pointing to the iiossibilities of the rising generation, pass 
forward along the road that leads to the cities of Higher Education, Peace, 
Prosperity and Happiness. 

Two years ago our present flue school building was a structure only in 
imagination; but the building was constructed and the good work com- 
menced. The building of character has been steadily going on, the minds 
of the young trained in proper channels, all the modern improvements have 
been added and to-day the Cherry Creek Union Free School will not take 
second place for any similar educational institution in the state. What the 
future has in store for Cherry Creek as an educational center is of course, 
only a matter of conjecture, but judging from the past and present, our 
Village is destined to become a bright and shining light in the educational 
firmament. 

Like the average village, Cherry Creek had a struggle to get its present 
admirable school. In the early days it was more than usually unfortunate, 
having been burned out several times. But the men and women who in 
their youth went from this school, from the earliest days to the present, 
have always demonstrated that Cherry Creek produced good educational 
material, and that the school always had teachers who were educators. 
The young men and women who took the course here and then went to 
Ellington, Forestville and Jamestown in the early days and later to Fredonia, 
did work that gained for the school here an enviable reputation, which repu- 
tation it has always retained. 

Many who received their elementary education here are now noted a& 
educators not only in tliis State but in many parts of the United States. 
One of the teachers of the early days is now a resident of the Village. 
He taught in the old Village School, boys who later themselves became 
principal of the same school. In almost every business, trade and profession, 
he can now select those who were his pupils. In but few towns can be 
found a man who was the early teacher of so many of his townsmen, as R. 
W. Parsons. 

Among theprincpals of recent years were E. A. Hayes, E. J. Swift, Hon. W. 
B. Hooker, E. A. Hall, E. A. Reaves, Miss Rose Caneen, Fred Plato, Frank 



Pluto, D. R. Wood, Rev. Z. A. Space, Chas. L. fuller, Edgar C. Markham, 
Wm. B. Blaisdell and J. M. Crofoot, the present principal. 

The year 189G-07 marked a beginning of a new era in the history of the 
school. While this institution had been a successful graded school before, 
it was then that it began a period of evolution, and growth. During that 
school year it became a Union School, and shortly afterwards, was admitted 
to the University of the State of Xew York. The old schoolhouse long hav- 
ing been inadequate for the increasing size of the school, it was decided in 
1808, to erect a new building. This building complete cost 110,000 and is 
equal to any schoolhouse in Chautauqua County. It is constructed accord- 
ing to strictly modern and hygienic princii^les, and its equipment is com- 
plete and is an edifice of which a much larger place might justly feel proud. 
It is of brick, with slate and metal roof, 01x68 feet. In the basement are 
located the furnaces and water closets and on the first floor are four grade 
rooms each 23x32 ft., with a corridor W/, feet wide running the whole 
length of the building, heated and with entrances at both ends. At the 
first landing of the stairs is the principal's office, 14'^ by 11 feet. On the 
second floor is an assembly room 23x32 feet, a recitation room 21x23 feet, 
a library 10 feet by 18!>i feet, corridor and large assembly room 32x02 feet. 
The attic is the size of the whole building, well lighted and with good floor 
and undoubtedly will be utilized soon. On the South side of the building 
is a large square tower, surmounted by a metal covered dome 11 feet in 
diameter. The top of the flag staff is 80 feet from the ground. All of the 
rooms are 12 feet high, finished in Georgia Pine, with hard wood floors, 
furnished with slate black boards and equipped with electric bells. The 
whole building is heated and ventilated by the Fuller- Warren system with 
dry-closets. Both entrances are finished with buff-jDressed brick. In the 
South entrance is a marble tablet in which is carved the name of the archi- 
tect, J. W. Morrison; the builder, A. D. Sprague; the Board of Education, 
C. A. Mount, President, G. Frank Lapham, Sec'y., C. L. Edwards, 
Treasurer, H. J. Shepardson and J E. ilartin, Trustees. The faculty is 
as follows and every teaclier is well qualified for their respective position: 
John M. Crofoot, A. B. (Cornell University) Principal, Mathematics, 
Sciences, Languages; iliss Ada L. Iloag (Fredonia Normal), Preceptress, 
English, History and Literature; Miss Myrtle J. Mason, Preparatory Dej)t. ; 
Miss Bertha A. Cowles (Fredonia Normal) 0th and 7th grades; Miss Alice 
M. ^letz, (Buffalo Normal) Intermediate Dept. 4th and olh grades; Miss Clara 
Carter, (Burtalo Normal) Primary Dept., 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. 

Every teacher is a Christian, and students are therefore not surrounded 
by evil influences. We state this simply to show jjarents that their children 
are not only in good hands intellectually but morally. In every department 
the lessons are made as practical as possible. In the lower as well as the 
higher departments, practicability is the one object in order that the boys and 
girls who will soon be men and women may be prepared for their part in 
the great drama of life. 

The school is well supplied with a good library, maps, charts, etc., etc. 
All honor to this school, may its field become large, may its fame and name 



spread throughout Western Xew York, and like a light-house, point travelers 
along lifes path-way to a higher sphere of honor and usefulness. 

The present officers are Cyrus A. Mount, President; G. Frank Lapham, 
Secretary and Clerk; C. L. Edwards, Treasurer; L. E. Master, Truant 
officer. 

SCHOOL FACULTY. 

The faculty of the school comprises six members, all of whom are 
sf)ecialists in their respective departments. 

JOHN M. CROFOOT, A. M. 

John M. Crofoot, principal of the Cherry Creek Union Free School, was 
born at Richburg, Alleghany County, N. Y., July 18, 1874. Prof. Crofoot 
was educated at the Angelica Academy, and entered Cornell University from 
which well known educational institution he graduated in 1890. He then 
turned his attention to teaching, one year at Frewsburg, and two years at 
Panama, both being High Schools. On December 4, 1899, he received a 
College Graduates Certificate which authorizes him to teach in any public 
school in the state. On June 29, 1898, he was united in marriage to Miss 
Ordelyda Schesck of Angelica. They have one child Edith May. 

ALICE M. METZ. 

Miss Alice M. Metz was born October 18, 1873, at Eden, Erie County, N. 
Y. She attended the village school and spent one year at the Hamburg 
Union School. Taught three years in the district schools and Village 
schools of Eden. Miss Metz entered the Butfalo State Normal School from 
which institution she was graduated in 1898. She then taught school during 
the year of 1898-99, in the Intermediate Department of the Hamburg High 
School. She began teaching at Cherry Creek August 28, 1899. 

MYRTLE J. MASON. 

Miss Myrtle J. Mason was born at Conewango, Cattaraugus County, N. 
Y., May lo, 1871. She attended Chamberlain Institute one year after 
which she taught in district schools for three years. Miss Mason graduated 
from the Fredonia State Normal School in June, 1897, after which she taught 
in the primary department of the New Albion School. She began teaching 
here in September 1899. 

CLARA V. CARTER. 

^liss Clara V. Carter was born at Eden Valley, Erie County, N. Y., Sep- 
tember 2G, 1875. Took High School preparatory course in the Hamburg 
High School and was graduated from the Buffalo High School at Buffalo, N. 
Y., in June 189(;; and from the State Normal School at Buffalo in January 
1898, and commenced teaching in the spring of 1898. She taught the 
Primary Department of the school at Eden Valley during the year of 
1898-99. She began teaching at Cherry Creek in the fall of 1899. 



ADA L. HOAG. 

Miss Alia L. Iloag was born at C'.tttaraunus, Cattaraugus CouTity, M. Y., 
October 9, ISTii. Before graduating from the Cattaraugus High School in 
1896 she taught one year. Miss Iloag took a Post Graduate course and gradu- 
ated from the Fredonia State Xornial School in June, 1800. While at Fredonia 
?lie was a member of the Agoniau Fraternity, and when she graduated at 
the Cattaraugus High School she was the historian of her class. She began 
teaching here in the Fall of 1800. 

BERTHA A. COWLES. 

Miss Bertha A. Cowles was born at Lander, I'a., January 12, 1870. Miss 
Cowles is a graduate of the Sugar Grove, Pa. Academy and the Fredonia 
State Normal School. She has taught twenty terms of school at Busti, 
Lakewood, Sugar Grove, and Watts Flats. She began teaching here in 
August, 1800. 

SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES. 

The School District Trustees in the town outside of the Village are as 
follows: Xo. 2, A. H. Blaisdell; No. 3, E. D. Weaver; No. 1, Orrin 
Farrington; No. 5, Orrin Cleveland; No. 6, Oscar Boutwell; No. 7, Luther 

Judd; No. 8, (send to Village); No. 9, abandoned; No. 10, Cornelius Van 
Wormer. 



SOCIETY. 

It may be said of Cherry Creek, that from the time of its foundation it 
has been a center of courteous and cordial hospitality and that even in the 
infancy of the town its inhabitants were of a social and genial disposition 
in which the birth of its present society had its origin. There is a stamp 
of refinement and courteous cordiality to be found in the homes of our 
people, which is an indication of their generous disposition and refinement 
of ideas. The best evidences of the sociability of our people is to be found in 
the many pleasant socials, neighborhood and house to house parties, and other 
events frequently taking place among them. 



The beauty of Cherry Creek, its thrift and prosperity, its orderly citizens, 
its pushing business men, its thriving manufacturers, its public spirit, its 
comfortable and well kept homes, its advances in every thing that is up to 
date, are themes of favorable comment by every visitor. 



CiiEKY CiiEEk always welcomes new comers. We want more factories 
and the more we get the more we want. We will sell laud cheap for a new 
industrial plant, or if necessary we will give the site. Our land-owners do 
not try to squeeze the last cent from men of small means who want to buy 
homes of their own. Lots are sold at reasonable prices on long time and easy 
payments. 




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J. L. CLARK, 





ANDREW I. CLARK. 



HOTELS. 



The hotel accommodations to be found in Cherry Creek, are good and 
it may be safely asserted that in no town of its size can it be equalled 
in this resi^ect. In many respects they are unsuriiassed, and its 
hostelries make a specialty of catering to the requirements of the 

public in a manner that denotes careful management and a keen insight 

into their wants. 

THE CENTRAL. 

The Central Hotel is a capacious three story structure and nicely arranged 
throughout. On the ground floor is the office, bar, reception room, kitchen, 
dining hall, also pantry, while on the second floor are the nicely furnished 




CENTRAL HOTEL. 



public aud private parlors, also sleejnng aiDartments. The rest of the house 
is arranged in sleeping apartments of which there are 15, lighted with acety- 
lene gas, sumptously furnished, clean and inviting. The table is unexcelled, 
the service exceptionally good, and the proprietor finds the reward of his 
untiring labor and solicitude in a first class patronage that keeps his 
establishment well filled at all times. 

J. L. Clark, the proi^rietor of the hotel, was born in the town of Poland, 
this County, October 21, 1835, aud was married to Miss Celia M. Hunt, 
of his native town, January 1, 1857. He came to Cherry Creek in 1881, 
purchasing this popular hostelry of T. G. Phillips, which he has since success- 
fully conducted. 

ANDREW J. CLARK. 

In the long list of successful commercial men who have climbed up to 
prominence in their line, the name of A. J. Clark stands prominent. Mr. 
Clark was born at Clark, this County, June 6, 1861, and is the only son of 
J. L. and Celia Clark of the Central hotel. He was with his father in the 
hotel business until 1889, when he accepted a position as traveling salesman 
for W. II. Walker & Co. of Buffalo, which position he now successfully 
and creditably fills. Personally Mr. Clark is one of those cheerful, assuring 
individuals, who not only seems to be happy himself, but makes life pleasant 
for those around him. He is strictly upright in his habits. 



SUMNER J. BACON. 

Sumner J. Bacon was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Ocober 29, 1856, 
and soon thereafter came with his jiarents to this section where he has 




'THE BACON.' 

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SUMNER J. BACON. 

picture, it will be a very commodious b 
the rooms large, well-lighted, and nicely 
guests, or those desiring board by the 
day, week or month, can find accommo- 
dation here. The service at this house 
is first class in every way. Mr. Bacon 
is meeting with much success in Cherry 
Creek. lie is a self-made man and thor- 
oughly interested in every enterprise 
that will help the place. He was mar- 
ried to Miss Ella Kodrick of Hudson, 
Michigan, Feb. 25, 18T9. 

They have one son Arlie Z., born 
March 10, 188i. 



UU( 

fur 



since resided, except 
two years passed in 
Michigan. Mr. Bacon 
has worked in a hotel 
or been in the hotel 
business nearly all his 
life so that he thor- 
oughly understands 
the business in every 
detail. He came to 
Cherry Creek in May, 
1886, when he pur- 
chased the Rail Eoad 
House, which he now 
successfully conducts. 
The house is soon to 
be re-christened "The 
Bacon." Improve- 
ments are about to be 
made in the way of 
additions 40x60 feet 
and 30x50 feet. In 
fact, the iiresent build- 
ing is to be remodeled 
into a three story 
structure. As shown 
l)y the accompanying 
ling— a model of convenience, 
nished throughout. Transient 



Cherry Creek has a cornet band of 
16 pieces. The band has a good set of 
instruments, and the reputation of be- 
ing one of the best of the smaller Vil- 
lages. 




ARLIE Z. BACON. 



SUCCESSFUL CITIZENS. 



« N writing the biographic sketches which appear in this booii, it is not our 
T ) purpose to offer eulogies or exaggerated words of praise. We simply 
^ wish to set forth in plain language brief sketches of the lives and 
character of men of our Village who have in one way or another gained 
prominence : 




REUBEN W. PARSONS. 

One of the best known and esteemed men in this locality, having been 
prominently identified with the business, religious and political affairs for 
upwards of two score years, is Reuben W. Parsons. He was born in the 
town of Hanover, this County, in 1831, and came to Cherry Creek in 1851. 
He began his career by teaching school and largely assisted in raising the 
standard of the schools and improving the school system. He successfully 
conducted a general store, then a dry goods store here for years, and has 
also been engaged at different times in the lumber trade, the canning factory, 



etc. Mr. Parsons has always taken an active part in advancing the wellfare 
of Cherry Creek, lie was Supervisor of this Town in 1863-04, and has 
always more or less of the time, held some prominent town office, besides 
being President of the Village, lie is the "Father of the Methodist 
Church" of this place, and has always taken an active interest in religious 
matters. Both in his private life and his business and official affairs Mr. 
Parsons has been distinguished by his upright and honorable character, his 
genial and gentlemanly demeanor and the capable manner in which he has 
discharged his duties under every circumstance. He has a host of friends 
and has won the esteem and respect of every one with whom he is brought 
in contact. Mr. Parsons was married to Miss Nancy Gould of Ellington, 
March 23, 1857. He has three children, Myrtle, wife of C. H. Keynolds of 
Brooklyn; D. G., who conducts a grocery and produce store in Duluth, 
and Kome A., who is now attending Garret's Biblical Institute at Evanston, 
111., aa an Elder of the Erie Methodist Conference. 

GEORGE W. ROOD. 

George W. Road, one of the largest land owners and successful farmers 
of Cherry Creek, was born in the town of Charlotte, this County, Feb. 17, 




GEORGE W. ROOD. 

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1852. Mr. Rood has always been engaged in farming, stock raising, and 
buying and shipping cattle, in which he has been very successful. He is a 
member of the \'illage board and has doae and is doing much for the 
benefit and advancement of the village and town. Throughout his entire 
life Mr. Rood has been very successful and has acquired a very fine property 
which he keeps in a good condition. Mr. Eood was married to Miss Rose 
Farrington of this town, October 15, 18G2. To them were born four 
children, Alta, wife of Ernest Dye; Willie, deceased; Herbert and Bessie. 

WILLIAM S. BLAISDELL. 

The founders of Cherry Creek, remarkable for thrift and energy, were not 
slow in transplanting their young and vigorous saplings to the fertile and 




WILLIAM S. BLAISDELL. 



promising soil as subsequent years have shown stalwart trees and powerful 
influences for good, matured from healthy saplings. Perhai)s no more 
valuable illustration of the vitality and true worth of such a stock has been 
found than in the sketch of the life of Wm. S. Blaisdell, a highly respectable 
pioneer resident. Mr. Blaisdell was born in Lyden, Franklin County, Vt., 
February 14, 182:3. He came with his father Stephen Blaisdell, who first 
settled in the old town of Gerry (now Ellington) in March 1824; then to 

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Cherry Creek April 10, 1827. They moved into tlie unoccupied log house 
built by James Marks, in 1810, the second house built in town. Two weeks 
later the family moved into a new log house without a door, floor, window, 
or chimney; this was located on lot 28, which now is included in the incor- 
porated Village. He still resides in the Village. His farm of nearly 400 
acres is just outside of the corporation. Mr. Blaisdell married Lydia F. 
Shattuck, daughter of L. E. Shattuck, ,lune 1, ISSO; she died June 24, 
1860, leaving two children, Burke and Lydia F., who both died in November 
1863. He married again June (i, 1864, iliss Mary K. Harris of Gerry, by 
whom he has three children, Martha, ^Villiam B., and Alfred H. His 
occupation has always been that of farming, having cleared his present farm 
and erected substantial buildings. Mr. Blaisdell has always been liberal and 
has done much to make Cherry Creek what it is to-day. He has contributed 
to almost every enterprise the village now has; he has helped to build four 
churches and keep them in repair; also six school houses. He gave the 
right of way, three acres of land across his farm, to the railroad company, 
and also helped pay the right of way through the town. He also gave 
three acres of land for grist mill purposes. Mr. Blaisdell is and always has 
been a leading factor in every enterprise which had for its object the 
building up of the town. He is a man of reliability in word and deed and a 
person esteemed and respected by all. 



Living is not expensive here. The habits of the peojile, although liberal, 
are not extravagant. Living in Cherry Creek is, therefore, comparatively 
cheap, and most all the conveniences of the more expensive communities 
are to be had. 




RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM S. BLAISDELL. 



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CHARLES T. READE. 

Chas. T. lieade whose likeness and residence appears here was born in 
Randolph in 1839. Educated at the Chamberlain Institute at Randolph and 

the Ellington Academy, extensively trav- 
eled, liberal and broad minded, Mr. 
Reade is distinctively a man o£ the world 
— with a keen insight of men and 
affairs he has been able to use the one 
for the successful conduct ot the 
other. Xo man in Cherry Creek perhaps, 
has so many acquaintances as Mr. Reade, 
he having visited every state in the Un- 
ion and all the larger cities. To a 
pleasing exterior he forms that polish of 
manner obtained from contact with the 
world, a cheerful dis])osition to animate 
sense of humor. A Veteran of the war 
of tlie Rebellion, a democrat in politics, 
having been several times his party's 
nominee for Assembly. He has taken 
a lead in every movement for (he im- 
provement of the village and witnessed 
the wonderful change brought about 
which has made Cherry Creek the most 
progressive place in the county, from being 
the most conservative and old-fashioned. 
He was married to Miss Anna K. Bailey of Clear Creek, Jan. 28, 1S6G. 

He has two children, Will. T., one of the editors of the Weekly Xews, and 
Addie G., wife of C. S. Smith, the other editor. 




CHARLES T. READE. 




RESIDENCE OF CHARLES T. READE. 

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JASPER H. NEWTON. 

There is not a family in Cherry Creek more thoroughly representative of 
the best element of pioneer American stock than that of Jasper H. Newton. 
Mr. Xewton was born September I'J, 1826, in the town of Barward, 
Windsor Co., Vt. ; he was the son of Anson and Sarah Newton, who with 
their family of seven children, Samuel, Fannie, Lurenza, Jasper, Elizabeth, 
Harriet and George, came to Cherry Creek in the fall of lS3i5, and located 
upon the very land upon which the subject of this sketch now resides. 
They came by team from Vermont to Whitehall, this state, from there by 
canal to Butfalo, and by team from there here. At that time there was 




JASPER H. NEWTON. 



only about five acres of cleared land upon their farm. About the only way 
to obtain ready money was to burn the timber and leach the ashes thereof, 
obtaining what was called " Black Salts," which upon delivery to Dunkirk 
was worth $3.50 per cwt. After the land became cleared sufficiently to 
afford ]5asture he commenced the raising of stock, being among the first in 
the town to introduce Durham cattle, raising the same for the beef markets. 
Later he embarked in the dairying business making butter and cheese which 
still is his business. His farm is lot 4G of the Holland Land Go's, purchase, 

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containing 173 acres. Mr. Newton possesses a reputation for honor, trutli- 
fulness and Christian character, and is a highly respected citizen. lie with 
his estimable wife have done much for the town in a religious way. He was 
married November 30, 1870, to Mrs. Cynthia A. Newton, his deceased 
brother Samuel's widow, to whom there have been born two daughters, 
Etfie and Sarah, the former the wife of Kev. J. W. Smith, and the latter the 
wife of Herbert Weaver, both residents of this town. To Jasper and 
Cynthia A. Newton was born two children, Samuel Anson and Jessie W.> 
the latter of whom is now the wife of Homer A. Weaver, who with the son 
Anson S. remains at the old home, assisting in the work of the farm. 



JAMES MATTESON. 

If we were to select an example of what fixed ijurjiose and determination 
will accomplish; if we wanted to point out to the youth of Cherry Creek one 
who had begun at the very bottom of the ladder and in 76 years had reached 
pretty well towards the top; if a boy poor in pocket desired wealth and 
would say, "Who shall I emulate?" we would say the man whose name 
heads this article. James Matteson, was born in Cherry Creek, December 21, 
1823. He was reared in this town and has lived here almost continually 
since, excepting about eight years passed in the town of Ellington, one in 
Buffalo, and three in Rhode Island. To the latter place he went when 31 
years of age as the foreman of a construction company that had the contract 
of building a railroad. There he remained for three years when he returned 
to this place. Since which time by careful and conservative management 
he has ammassed quite a fortune. He is largely interested in Buffalo real 

estate; he also owns considerable real 
estate in this Village and vicinity. Mr. 
Matteson is a pleasant, agreeable man in 
his general demeanor, possessed of good 
business qualifications and a laudable 
ambition. He was married to Miss 
Elvecinda Cook, December 6, 1819. 
They have one son Frank. 

Thk population of Cherry Creek is on 
the increase and there is no reason why 
it should not double itself. There is 
plenty of room here for all the peojjle 
that may come. 




JAMES MATTESON. 



Tin; churches of Cherry Creek are 
conspicuous features of the Village. 
The depth and quality of pul)lic charac- 
ter is very often indicated in tlie work 
done for the churches. Every chureli 
here may be said to be prosperous. 

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REV. J. W. SMITH. 

Thoughts for his fellow man, feelings for the needy, aspirations to be useful 
and a determination to win deserving and enduring success; these were the 
materials out of which the Rev. J. W. Smith built his active and honorable 
life. He was born on a farm in Crawford County, Pa., Dec. 20, 1845, and 
entered Allegany College at Meadville in the Spring of 18G2; on account of 
failing health he left college in 1804, but soon thereafter he went to East- 
man's Business College at Poughkeepsie, X. Y., graduating therefrom. 
Following this he gained employment as a book-keeper in the large whole- 




REV. J. W. SMITH. 

sale house of ^lining & iloadley at Erie, Pa., in January, 1807, he became 
partner in the business which was then conducted under the firm name of 
P. Mining & Co. In 18?0 failing health compelled a removal from the 
Lakeshore Country and he purchased a general store business in Ham- 
monJsburg; in the fall of the same year he sold the business and removed to 
Richmond, Va., where he engaged in the real estate business, organizing 
and controlling the "Old Dominion Land Co." of the latter place for three 
years. In 1873, he was appointed deputy collector of Internal Revenue of 
the third Virginia District, with headquarters at Richmond, serving iu this 
capacity until the fall of 1870 when he returned North and entered upon a 

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special course of study preparatory to entering the ^jiiinistry of the M. E. 
Church. He had been licensed to preach while in Virginia in 1875, but 
continued poor health prevented an entrance into the Erie Conference, 
although recommended to that body both in 1877-78. However, in the 
spring of 1870 he was sent as a supply to Perrysburg, N. Y., and immedi- 
ately commenced the work of building a new church at Versailes, (one of 
the preaching points on the Perrysburg charge) completing the same and 
having it dedicated before the close of his pastorate there. In the fall 
of 1879 he was sent to Cherry Creek to preach, where he remained for 
nearly three years, (see history of il. E. Church) when he resigned the 
pastorate and went to Bradford engaging in the oil business; he was a 
member of the oil exchange there for five years. In 1886 he retarned to 
Cherry Creek and located permanently. He was two years pastor of the 
Free Baptist Church here and in 180J: pastor again of the M. E. Church. 
Many years ago Mr. Smith joined the ilasonic Fraternity and at present is 
the Senior Warden of Cherry Creek lodge. Politically, Mr. Smith is a 
Republican and has been Justice of the Peace for many years and held 
many offices of honor and trust. He is a friend of education, of temperance 
and religion and highly respected by all. 

GEORGE W. BROWN. 

An old proverb says: "The emergency brings forth the man to fill it," 
and certain it is that every man has a calling wherein he can accomplish the 
most good. The way to judge of a man's success is by the results of his 
work. If he conducts his business in an honorable manner, maintains his 
reputation as a man, accumulates his share of the world's goods, we consider 
him a success and a benefit to the community in which he lives. To this 
•class of citizens properly belongs our fellow townsman. George W. Brown 




RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. BROWN. 

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was born in Maiiafield.^attaraugus Co , N. Y., in January, 1800, where he- 
was raised and received his early education. He afterwards attended the 
Franklinville Academy from which institution he graduated. He then 
engaged in school teaching and successfully conducted schools for ten terms, 
est!ib'lishin!j an enviable reputation as an educator. He came to Cherry 
Creek in October, 18SG, and purchased the grocery and provision business- 
of W. E. Becker, which he successfully conducted until the Fall of 1800, 
selliu- the same to A. R. Smith. During the thirteen years while in business 
here he built up a large trade and made for himself a reputation for honesty 




GEORGE W. BROWN. 

and straightforwardness. Mr. Brown is a man who finds time for work, 
and time^o his duty between himself and his fellowman. At present he- 
and his estimable wife and daughters are sojoitrning in California. Mr. 
Brown was married to Miss Edith I. Smith of his native town, in April, 
188i. They have one daughter Chloe, born April 13, 1880, and an adopted 
daughter Anna. 

Xo village has brighter prospects for future growth, or offers more 
attractions hi the way of business opportunities or as a place of residence 
than Cherry Creek, and one of the aims and objects of this book is to pre- 
sent briefly these advantages. 

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GEO. N. FROST. 



George N. Frost, widely knovyn among lovers of fast horses, and as a suc- 
cessful farmer, was born within the limits of what is now the Village of 
Cherry Creek, October 21, ISSiJ, before the town of Cherry Creek was organ- 
ized out of territory belonging to the town of Ellington. He is a son of the 
pioneer family of George IT. Frost, and might properly be termed a pioneer 
himself, as he was born within four years of the settlement of his father's 
family in the town, and when but a few acres of the primeval forest had 
yielded to the settler's ax. The broad cultivated fields, we now see, in this 
the closing year of the 10th century, yielding their annual harvests for 
man's support, are in striking contrast to the forest which his eyes first beheld 
and which hi? industry helped to remove. The days of his minority were 
spent in helping his father in the support of his large family. His educat- 
ional advantages were meager, consisting of a few weeks of training, during 
the winter months in the district school, kept in the log school house near 
the site of which he now lives. Those meager advantages were well em- 
ployed. Attending the same district school was a bright, modest and beauti- 
ful young lady, by the name of .Jane ^I. Kimball, who but a few years pre- 
vious had migrated with her mother and stepfather from ^lontgomery 
County, N. Y., and taken uj) her home with them on what is now known as 
the Crumb farm, situattd about a mile west of the village, in tlie same 



sohool district. Her parents were in fairly good ciroumstances for those 
times. They built the tirst framed house of any magnitude in the town, 
and it is now in good condition and occupied as a residence by William 
Crumb. These young people became friends, lovers, husband and wife. 
They were married .January :i, IS-IT, and started on their united career 
without means. They rentcnl a farm until they had, by industry and econ- 
omy, accumulated enough money to make the first payment on one which 
they subsequently purchased. They are both still living happy and con- 
tented lives in a tine home on one of the farms which their industry and 
prudence has secured for them, and which is situated abouc 1 1-2 miles west 
of the village on the main road. Of this union six children were born. 
Helen M., deceased, Burlin N., one of the successful farmers of the town, 
Hon. George II., a practicing attorney of Buffalo, N. Y., Mary Adelaide, 
who became ^Mrs. Charles S. Jenks of Poland, K. Y., Lilis Fidelia, now Mrs. 
William R. Huntley of Sherman, N. Y., and Charles L., a merchant in the 
village of Cherry Creek. Mr. Frost has during his long life adhered closely 
to his chosen occupation of farming, and maintains that no calling of man 
is more honorable, or atfords a better livelihood to him who would properly 
pursue it. With his own hands he has assisted in clearing many acres of 
forest lands, and has cultivated the same through the successive changes of 
its condition and improved agriculture. Like most farmers in this vicinity 
he has pursued what is termed mixed husbandry, keeping horses, cattle and 
sheep, and raising hay, grain and fruit. lie has taken great pride in each 
branch of husbandry, but more especially in the raising of stock, improving 
his breeds from time to time with the best strains of thoroughbreds available. 
He has been exceedingly fond of horses, especially fast trotters, and has 
taken keen pleasure in training and driving them. His fame as a trainer and 
driver reached beyond the limits of the state, and he was credited by the 
highest authority with superior ability in conditioning his horses for endur- 
ance and speed. Cool of head and steady of nerve, he thereby inspired con- 




RESIDENCE OF GEORGE N. FROST. 



fideace in, and secured the greatest efforts from the horses he drove. No- 
driver could obtain greater speed from the same animal than he, and this 
always with kindness. In his earlier days he bred several and trained all of 
the horses in this section of the state having the highest trotting speed of 
their respective times, notably: Billy, Gray Squirrel, Leopard, Nellie White, 
Black Mack, Harry ilaynes and Versailles Girl. 

In public affairs he has always taken a deep interest and heldjiositive views 
on all important questions. He was for a long time active in the EeiDublican 
politics of his county and was often sent as a delegate to political conven- 
tions. Faithful to every trust he has successively held in numerous years the 
offices of Supervisor and Highway Commissioner, holding the former office 
in the years 1860-G9-72-?:3-75 and 77, and was during the war of the Rebell- 
ion intrusted with large sums of money by his town and charged with the 
duty of expending the same in the employment of men to fill its quotas of 
soldiers. 

His high moral conduct, temperate habits, integrity, self reliance and in- 
dustry, coupled with his exhaustless energy and accurate judgment, are the- 
strong characteristics of his manhood and the elements of his success. 



TRUMAN B. CARR. 

Truman B. Carr is one of our oldest and most resjjected citizens. From 
a start in the world with nothing, his life's earnings have been carefully 
husbanded, leaving him now in independent circumstances financially. He 
is a man of untiring industry who has worked early and late, while his habits. 




RESIDENCE OF TRUMAN B. CARR. 



of life are strictly moral and upright. The history of the English speaking 
family of the Carr's is as old as the Xorman conquest. One of the lollowers 
of William the First taken from a cliarter in Battle Abey, bears the name of 
■Carr The earlv posterity of this Xorman soldier, settled in the North of 
England. The "records of the earliest Carr's .vho settled in this country, 
date back three centuries, to four brothers who were born in London. Their 
names were Benjamin, William, George and James. The descendents of 
these brothers settled in this country. Truman B., son of Wm. G. and 
Sally (Baldwin) Carr, was born in Otssgo County, this state, August 4, 




TRUMAN B. CARR. 

1829. He came to Cherrv Creek with his parents when ten weeks old, and 
settled upon the farm now owned by the Weed Brothers. Mr. Carr has 
-always been engaged in farming and dairying. He now owns a good farm 
of -20:5 acres witli excellent buildings. He also owns the store building in the 
Village occupied by F. K. Pope as a furniture store. He was married to Miss 
Hannah Billings February 22, 1857. This union has been blessed with two 
■children, Ella, born ilay 13, 1850, now residing at home, and Jennie, born 
October 2.5, 1865, who married B. .1. Richardson June 12, 1888. She died 
April 9, 1895. 

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JOHN H. CURTIS. 

Among the early settlers of the town of Cherry Creek, was Stephen L. 
Curtis, who purchased a farm of 50 acres from the Holland Land Company 
in 1834. Here he lived for over 50 years until his death in 1885. On this 
farm was born his youngest child, John H. Curtis, who all his life has 
lived on the same farm, now increased by him to 150 acres and which is 
situated on the main road of the town, three miles north of the village of 
Cherry Creek. In ^larch, 18<JU, he married Miss Emma Parsons; and on 
the farm of his birth, were born their two children, a daughter, now ilrs. 
Lemuel 1'. Wood, and a son, Edgar W. Curtis. One grandson was also born 
on the same farm. Thus three generations of this family have been born 
on the farm which has remained in the family since its first transfer from 
the Holland Land Company. Mr. Curtis is one of the progressive farmers 
of the town and a man well-informed on general topics of the times, being a 
great reader of the newspapers, magazines and agricultural literature, and 
attending all Farmers' Institutes held within his reach. For his dairy jiro- 
ducts, he has a steady city market. His farm is set with all the fruits which 
will grow in this locality, not so much for market as for family enjoyment; 
he being one of the very few farmers in this region who has a private vine- 
yard. He has one of the finest barns in the town and with the name, "Valley 
View Stock Farm," it is one of the landmarks of the locality. 

Although his father was a Whig and later a strong Republican to the time 
of his death, Mr. Curtis, has from principle, been a Democrat all his life, 
casting his first ballot for President in favor of Stephen A. Douglass, and 



voting for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since, 
having voted only twice during his whole life in favor of the successful one. 
Though often olt'ered the nomination for supervisor and other town offices he 
has always declined, preferring to take no part in jiolitics except as a voter. 
In 18C8 he became a member of the Masonic Lodge of the village and has ever 
since been an active and enthusiastic member. For four years he has repre- 
sented the lodge in the grand lodge of the state; twice in the years 1876 and 
'77 and again in 1889 and '90. 




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G. S. KENT. 



One of the representative citizens of the town of Cherry Creek who 
sprung from a family who settled here early in the town's history is G. S. 
Kent, who was born here Nov. 12, 1828, on Lot 9, and who has resided here 
continuously since. He was reared a farmer and that vocation he now 
successfully follows. He was married May 25, 1848, to Miss Lemira James, 
who died eight years thereafter; to them were born two children, George 
Kent and Mrs. Martha A. Day. Mr. Kent was married a second time 
September 25, 1857 to Miss Josephine Kill, daughter of Koratio Hill, a 
highly respectable citizen. By this union they had one son, Elmer A. 
Kent. Mr. Kent is recognized as a most progressive and influential farmer. 



For the past eleven years he has been Fire Director of the Grange, »• 
co-operative fire insurance association, and lecturer of the Cherry Creek 
Grange for years. In religion he is a devout Methodist, having served as 
trustee and class leader ever since the church was organized. At the time 
the church was erected he was chairman of the building committee, and 
did much toward raising the necessary funds. In ijolitics he is an ardent 
Republican and has acceptably filled several town oflBces. He is upright in, 
character and his name is synonamous with integrity. 





ISAAC S. BENTON, 



The sentiment, culture, and often the jiropriety of a community is reflected 
in a measure by the monuments in the cemetery, where sleep the ''fore 
fathers of the hamlet", the dear ones whose vacant chairs are sad fixtures of 
many homes, the departed ones who live in memory, and after in public 
esteem for the good done by them during life. One of tlie best tributes there- 
fore, that can be paid to the better sentiment of a town is the patronage 
given a dealer in monuments, tomb-stones, and other work by which the 
memory of the dead is revered and porputated. 

The monumental work put up by I. S. Benton may be counted among the 
beat and most extensive in the countv or Wes'.ern Xew York. Mr. Benton. 




RESIDENCE OF I. S. BENTON, 

lias been in business here since Marcli 1, 1883, and he does an extensive 
business. Many of the handsome monuments and tombstones of his 
are seen in tlie Cemetery of Cherry Creek and tliroughout Western New 
York; notably among those are the soldiers monuments here, at Portland 
and Randolph, and are greatly admired for their artistic beauty. Mr. Ben- 
ton is well known and jiopular in the business world, at home, and through- 
out the district. He was one of the first trustees of the Village and has 
done much to help the town, and is cne of her most substantial citizens. 
Mr. Benton was born at Cottage, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., October 25, 
1859, and was married to iliss Nettie Tanner, June 20, 1883. They have 
two children Erie R. and Merle J. 

His present enviable position was obtained through pluck and enterprise, 
being thrown upon his own resources, fought the world alone and unaided, 
and has won success. 



Young men find Cherry Creek an admirable place in which to succeed in 
life, and the town is peopled with young men who have begun at the bottom 
of the ladder and have won success through their own merits, and through 
the generous and kindly spirit of appreciation which distinguishes the people 
of Cherry Creek. 





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THE BAR. 

MONG the i^rominent agencies which give shape and order in the 
early development of the civil and social condition of society, the 
bar is perhaps the most potential in moulding the institutions of a 
* new community. 
The establishments of courts and judicial tribunals, whose society is pro- 
tected in all its civil rights under the sanction of law, and wrong finds a 





RICHARD A. HALL, 

ready redress in an enlightened and prompt administration of justice, is 
when law is entrenched behind the bulwarks of right, administered by a 
pure, independent, and uncorrupted judiciary. 

Tiie Cherry Creek Bar has, from its inception, numbered among its able 
jurists, talented ailvocates and safe counselors. The first regular lawyer to 
locate here was John T. Clark and the more prominent ones since were Hon. 
Charles B. Green, Hon. George H. Frost, Everand A. Hayes, M. Matteson 
and I. R. Leonard. The present lawyers are R. A. Hall, .Tames Van Buren, 
C. 0. Tarbox, and A. L. Bullock. 



RICHARD A. HALL 

Was born in Cherry Creek, May li, 18tJ5, and was married to Estelle B. 
Ellsworth, daughter of Col. S. B. Ellsworth of Conewango, September 13, 
1888. Mr. Hall graduated at the Fredonia Normal School in June, 1883, 
and soon afterwards commenced the reading of law with Hon. George H. 
Frost, and was admitted to the bar to practice June 15, 1889. Since which 
time he has made a brilliant reputation as a trial lawyer, and in the argument 
of cases in the Supreme Court and higher courts, and has forced himself t» 
the front among the lawyers of Chautauqua County. 




CLINTON O. TARBOX. 

Was born in the Town of Chautauqua, this County, in 1873, receivino- his 
early education in the common school and afterwards pursuing a course of 
study at the Fredonia Normal School. In the fall of 1894 he entered the 
Law School at Cornell University, having won a scholarship at the state com- 
petitive examinations, and from which institution he was graduated in 1890. 
Between the times of Law School he studied in the office of the Hon. W. 
B. Hooker at Fredonia, N. Y., thereby securing the best of legal training. 
Mr. Tarbox located here in March, 1899, and has already demonstrated his 
ability, and is taking high rank in his profession. The vigor with which he 
has prosecuted cases entrusted to him has won for him a large practice. 

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ARDEN L. BULLOCK. 

Thou,£jh one of the youngest members of the bar, Arden L. Bullock is 
forging rapidly to the front as an attorney who masters his work. He is 
quick, thorough and practical. Mr. Bullock is a self-made young man, and 
owes what he is largely to his own industrious efforts. He was born here 
March 1(3, 1875; attended the Fredonia Xoroial School, and when seventeen 
years of age began teaching and taught for a period of three years. Although 
young in years he has held and now holds several offices of honor and trust. 
When 31 years of age he was elected Justice of the Peace — the 
youngest person undoubtedly, who was ever chosen to such a posi- 




ARDEN L. BULLOCK. 



tion — which office he still acceptably and creditably fills. In 1897 
he was chosen President of Hose Co. Xo. 1 and in 1898 was elected 
Chief of the Fire Department ; at present he is the secretary and treasurer 
of the department. Mr. Bullock is a member of Cherry Creek Lodge Xo. 
384 F. & A. M. and was the secretary of the same in 1897, '98; he is also 
a member of Cherry Creek Lodge Xo. 4i53, L 0. 0. F., and was secretary 
of that lodge for two terms. In September, 1898, he entered the Law 
Department of the University of Buffalo, became a member of the Delta Chi 



Legal Fraternity and is now the Chief executive of that organization; he 
was also unanimously chosen secretary of his graduating class of 1900. Mr. 
Bullock took the eaxniination early in .(anuary — six months ahead of tim- 
er before it was required — and passed, receiving his diploma to practice 
February 8, 1900. Mr. Bullock needs no formal introduction to our people, 
to whom he is well known. His life has been mostly passed here, and his 
standing, as well as his private life, are an open book to our citizens. lie 
has a host of friends among all classes. 



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EDGAR W. CURTIS. 



Edgar "W. Curtis, the only son of John 11. Curtis, was born in Cherry 
Creek, November 19, 1870. He received his early education in the home 
district school, being so fortunate as to have at an early age for his teacher, 
Adrian Price, who aroused in him a desire to have the best education in his 
reach. Later he attended the Cherry Creek school and having completed the 
course there entered the Fredonia Normal School, where he graduated in 
the Classical course in June, 1893. While there he was an active member of 
the Zetesian Society, being elected its president during his last year there. 
Previous to his graduation, he accepted the principalship of the Union 
School at Allegany, N. Y., beginning his duties there in September, 189:5 
and acting as principal and superintendent for four years. He was offered 
the position for the fifth year at an increased salary, but having several years 
previous decided to enter the Ifigal profession, he resigned his position at 
Allegany and entered the law office of Ivichard A. Hall of this village where 



he remained two years. He is now taking a special course in the law depart- 
ment of the University of Buffalo. 

In June, 189T, he married Miss Grace E. Delamater of Allegany, X. Y., 
and they have since resided in this village. Though now through teaching 
he still takes a great interest in all educational matters. lie is a member 
of both the Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges of the village, now occupying 
the position of junior warden in the latter fraternity. 

An enthusiastic amateur photographer, he has devoted his spare moments, 
since leaving school to journalistic work, being a regular contributor to one 
periodical, and having contributed several articles to the local paper, the 
"Illustrated Express," other periodicals and magazines; his article most 
widely copied being a brief biography of his friend and former teacher, Prof. 
Darlin T. Bentley, appearing as special in "Farm and Fireside" of March 
1, of last year. 



OUR PHYSICIAN. 



The specialist in evidence is said to be one who knows something of every- 
thing, and everything of sotneching, in the line of his jjrofession, and 
though there are no physicians in Cherry Creek, who profess to be specialists, 
there are those who give special attention to some class of diseases. But no 
matter what the ailment be, there is always a physician near at hand who 
can answer any call intelligently. 

A physician who had been in active practice in Cherry Creek and vicinity 
for many years, informed us that there is no healthier locality in Western 
New York, than this village of ours. The hygenic conditions of the village 
is so well looked after, that if any epidemic disease ever gets started here, 
it is soon among the things that were, and little damage is done. 

With Cherry Creek's growth in other directions, it has not retrograded as 
regards it medical profession, as some of its members have been rewarded 
with much success in their work, and the general esteem in which they 
have been held. 

Cherry Creek is exceedingly fortunate in being remarkably free from the 
unhealthy conditions which make many towns undesirable as iilaces of 
residence. Although near the great Conewango Swamp, its atmosphere 
is generally dry. But of course, we are all subject to the ills and sickness 
of mankind in general, and it is a comfort to know that in our hour of dis- 
tress, we can rely upon competent medical attendance, as that at our com- 
mand. 

CHAS. A. SHEPARD, M. D. 

An eminent physician of large practice in Cherry Creek and vicinity, was 
born in Belleville, Hastings County, Canada, October 9, 1871. He is son of 
the late Hon. William Allen Shepard, a well known newspaper man, who 
was in 1S9"3 president of the United Typothetiv of America, and who was- 



■for a number of years manager of the largest printing establishment in 
Canada located at Toronto. Dr. Shepard was educated in the Toronto High 
School, he studied medicine at the Medical Dejmrtment of the University of 
Toronto, and graduated from the University of Buffalo in ilay, 1896. 

For eight years he occupied the dual position of purser and steamer 
jphysician on the Niagara River line, plying between Lewiston and Toronto. 




DR. CHAS. A. SHEPARD. 

Tie began the practice of medicine in this vicinity in 1896 and 1898 he 
•located in Cherry Creek. The doctor is a very successful physician, and a 
busy man. He is a man of learning in his profession, courteous and affable 
in disposition, and fully merits the large patronage he enjoys. He was 
married in the fall of 1 S96 to Miss Clara Childs, daughter of James H. 
•Childs, collector of customs at Lewiston. They have one daughter, Edna. 



The well known enterprise ot Cherry Creek's business men is certainly 
most commendable, and by giving the information to be found in these 
pages concerning them and their business, it is anticipated that not only will 
they be benefitted but the viHage's "out of town" business facilities made 
better known to the hundreds among the business men and citizens of our 
tributary towns, and the farmers upon whom the prosperity of the village so 
-largely depends. 



LODGES AND SECRET SOCIETffiS. 



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'HE fraternal feelint; of the people of Cherry Creek is manifest 
by the many societies of which lodges have been located at Cherry 
Creek. These lodges are an excellent means of bringing people to- 
?• gether of different ideas, and fostering that feeling of fellowship, 
which is so essential to the well being of the community at large. There 
certainly can be no doubt as to the benefits they confer, and they provide 
a pleasant and acceptable form of recreation on meeting nights, and bind 
the people closer together. 

CHERRY CREEK LODGE No. 384, F. & A. M. 

Was institnted in 185o, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the 
State of Xew York and received the present warrant in June, 1855. The 
following persons were charter members, viz : Wm. S. Blaisdell, Alva 
Billings, Daniel B. Powers, John P. Hubbard, John L. Satford, Dr. Oliver 
B. Main, Yersal Farrington, Geo. Hopkins and C. Denaison. One of whom 
only survives, viz. : Wm. S. Blaisdell, the rest having passed to that 
bourne "from whence no traveler returns." Wm. S. Blaisdell was the first 
master and filled that office for eight successive years with credit to himself 
and profit to the lodge. The following brothers have passed the chair: Wm. 
S. Blaisdell, Alvah Billings, S. L. Moore, W. J. Straight, Jr., M. Allen, 
Silas Vinton, J. Love, F. R. Pope, W. I. Wilcox, Geo. W. Warner, M. 
Wells, T. B. Dix, S. M. Sweet, R. C. Bullock, S. L. Peterman, E. Kent, J. 




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Dr. T. E. Scales, Prof. C. L. Fuller. The lodge has passed, raised, and 
received on demits nearly 300 members. While the Order has been abun- 
dantly prosperous in accession to membership and in its influence, misfortune 
has marred its history in a marked degree. For three times fire has des- 
troyed its buildings; but with undaunted courage and energy, which has 
always been a characteristic of the lodge, the brethren in 188!) purchased 
the North hall of the Wilcox-Benton Block thereby contracting a large 
debt in order to secure for the fourth time a iiermaneut home. 

By economy and good financial management the debt is now nearly 
liquidated. The lodge now has a membership of 87 and is steadily increasing; 

The present officers are: R. A. Hall, W. M. ; Rev. J. W. Smith, S. W. ; 
E. W. Curtis, J. W. ; A. H. Curtiss, Treas. ; S. M. Sweet, Sec'y. ; Rev. E. A. 
Estey, Chaplain; C. F. Barnes, S. D. ; A. Oswold, J. D.; A. J. Bentley, S. 
M. of C. ; A. J. Abbey, J. M. of C. ; H. P. Smith, T. ; Will. T. Reade, M. ; 
Chas. T. Reade, 0. S. Ilickey, J. H. Curtis, Trustees. 

CHERRY CREEK LODGE No. 463, I. O. O. F. 

Was instituted April (5, 1852, upon a charter granted by the Grand 
Lodge of the State of New York with the following as charter members: 
John L. Clark, Silas Vinton, Anthony Morian, Walter A. Eddy, Seth E. 
Milspaw and R. N. Tanner. The institution was further ett'ected by the 
installation of the following officers by David S. Forbes, D. D. G. M. ; J. 
L. Clark, N. G. : Anthony Morian, V. G. ; Silas Vinton, Sec'y. ; 0. G. 
Chase, Treas.; R. N. Tanner, P. S. Appointive officers as follows: Thos. 
Green, R. S., N. 6.; Thos. P. Ferrington, L. S. N. G. ; Seth E. Millspaw, 
W. ; Walter A. Eddy, Con., Alonzo Cook, L G. ; Harry Billings, R. S. S. ; 
Artemus Hall, L. S. S. ; John Morian, 0. G. ; Samuel Crandall, R. S. V. 
G. ; Wm. Mason, L. S. V. G. The following named persons were elected to 
membership, initiated and received the five degrees at this meeting: Alexan- 
der Bentley, Wm. Mason, Samuel Crandall, Isaac Brown, John Price, 
Artemus Hall, Edwin G. Bly, Harry S. Billings, Alfred W. Stone, and James 
D. Wheeler. This organization was favored by additions to its members 
until it numbered up in the eighties, and was the source of much social 
enjoyment. But by debts contracted, sickness and death, beneficiaries to 
meet by stipulated dues, financial obligations could not be met, they were 
forced to surrender their charter which they did December 22, 1855. After 
a lapse of 22 years, and upon the request of five ancient Odd Fellows, viz: 
James Turner, Anthony Morian, Artemus Hall, John Price, Columbus 
Ferrington, the lodge was reinstated August 10, 1877. with the following 
officers: Anthony Morian, N. G. ; Artemus Hall, V. G. ; M. Allen, Sec'y.; 
John Price, Treas.; James Turner, Com.; John Smith, W. ; and R. N. 
Tanner acting as P. G. 

Then through an amendment in their by-laws in relation to weekly bene- 
ficiaries they have been able to keep good financial requirements and are 
seeking to carry out the tents of their order, Friendship, Love and Truth. 
This lodge is now in a very i)rosperous condition with a membership of 108 

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G. E. KENT. Lieut. A. L. BULLOCK. 1st Seargt. C. S. SMITH, Seargt. 

CHAS. J. SHULTS, 1st Lieut. F. J. SHATTUCK, Capt. \V. T. EEADE, 2d Lieut. 



GROUP OF SONS OF VETERANS, MEMORIAL DAY, 1899. 



They owu a fine hall in the south side of the Wilcox-Benton Block, and are 
on the road to greater inosperity than ever, being entirely out of debt. The 
present ofiBcers are: C. A. Mount, N. G. ; Geo. Kent, V. G. ; L. E. ^Master, 
K. S.; P. F. Gillette, F. S. ; T. B. Dix, Treas ; Albert Johnson, Warden; 
Thos. D. Erwin, Conductor; Geo. James, I. G. ; Edson Skiff; 0. G. ; F. 
E. Martin, R. S. N. G. ; C. D. Green, L. S. N. G.; C. E. Dix, R. S. V. G. ; 
Warren Day, L. S. V. G. ; W. II. Bullock, R. S. S. ; 0. A. Larson; L. S. 
S. ; W. E. Shepardson, Chaplain. 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 

Bullock Post No. 304, G. A. R. was organized November 2, 1882 with 20 
charter members. It has had 65 members enrolled and now rejaorts 45 in 
good standing. This society is composed entirely of men who served in the 
army or navy during the war of the rebellion — none being admitted unless 
he can show an honorable discharge. The object of the society is for mutual 
aid and protection and to keep alive that fraternal feeling which so strongly 
exists between men who as comrades together faced death on the battlefield, 
in the prison pen, on the weary marches and the exposure of sleeping on the 
cold damp ground. About one third of the membership are pensioners 
drawing from $4 to $36 per month respectively. The Grand Ai'my of the 
Republic is organized by law and has national, state and local organizations. 
While it is a fact that most of the men are broken down in health and con- 
stitution very few have had pecuniary assistance except those who have been 
given pensions for disability by reason of wounds or injury from service. 

The following are the Post present officers: H. P. Smith, Com.; Wm. 
Wildey, S. V. Com.; Geo. W. Oswold, I. V.; Joseph Bullock, Chaplain; 
Chas. T. Reade, Surgeon; Delos F. Bout well, Quartermaster; Chas. Bullock, 
Officer of the Day; Lewis James, Officer of the Guard; John Dexter, 
Guard; A. Ilelmick, S. M. Sweet, Masters Assistants; Harry N. Shepard, 
Delegate; Delos F. Boutwell, Alternate. 

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 

Cherry Creek Grange No. 527, P. of H., was organized August 18, 1887, 
by Walter C. Gifford, with 28 charter members. M. A. Phillips was its first 
Master. The financial benefits of the order have jsroved satisfactory to its 
members, having saved several hundred dollars in the different Co-operative 
systems of Grange work. Its present membership is 147 and its officers are 
as follows: A. H. Blaisdell, Master; Mrs. C. J. Abbey, W. 0.; J. W. 
Piokard, Lecturer; C. J. Abbey, Steward; J. M. Wollaston, Asst. Steward; 
Mrs. Emma Gillette, Lady Asst. Steward; David Abbey, Chaplain; Mrs. 
Mary Oswold, Secretary; A. J. Bentley, Treas.; Mrs. J. W. Pickard, 
Pomona; Mrs. Clara Rowe, Clara; Mrs. J. E. Martin, Ceres. 

ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN. 

Cherry Creek Lodge, No. 42 A. 0. U. W. was organized November 15, 
187G, by D. D. G. M. McWharf with 20 charter members. S. V. Q. Sherman 



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was the first master workman. It now numbers 33 members and is in gond 
condition. The following are its present officers: 11. P. Smith, P. il. W.; 
L. E. Master, M. W. ; John King, F. ; F. R. Pope, 0.; C. A. Mount,R. ; II. 
E. SafEord, F. ; John DeLaney, Rec. ; S. Luce, 0. W. ; Miles Gardiner, I. G. ; 
Representative, C. A. Mount; Alternate, L. E. Master. 

LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. 

Pocohantas Hive, No. 21, L. 0. T. M. was instituted in September, 1891, 
by Dr. R. C. Moss with 13 charter members. Mrs. A. Bronson was the 
first lady commander and Mrs. G. D. Wheeler the first lady record keeijer. 

Its present membership is 33 and the following are its officers : Mrs. i^'. 
E. Martin, Lady Com. ; Mrs. II. C. Mount, Lt. Com. ; Mrs. Carrie Edwards, 
R. K. ; Mrs. Geo. Hines, F. K. ; Mrs. Kittle Warner, Chap. ; Mrs. Martha 
Day, Sergeant. 

SONS OF VETERANS. 

Corporal Wm. Ferrin Camp No. S3, S. of V. was mustered April 20, 1888, 
by Col. E. A. Hayes of Buffalo, assisted by Bullock Post G. A. II. of this 
place. The following were its first officers: R. A. Hall, Capt; Chus. J. 
Shults, 1st Lieut.; G. E. Kent, 'ind Lieut.; Will. T. Reade, Chas. J. 
Shults, A. P. Osvvold, camp council; L. E. Boutwell, 1st sergeant, M. B. 
Cameron, 2nd sergeant; Clark Westcott, Chaplain; Samuel Hall, Sergeant 
of the Guard; E. D. Oakes, color sergeant; Lynn LeBarron, corporal of the 
guard; Allen Bennett, camp guard. 

In 1890 fire destroyed their place of meeting together with their charter, 
books, records, and paraphernalia. As a camp it was never reorganized, 
however, the sons meet and assist in the observance of Memorial Day each 
year, and are willing to do any duty assigned to them. 

PROTECTED HOME CIRCLE. 

Ensign Circle No. 281, fraternal insurance order, was instituted Novem- 
ber 18, 189(i, with IG charter members. Dr. T. E. Souleswasits first presi- 
dent. The present officers are: W. E. Shepardson, Pres. ; Mrs. W. E. Shepard- 
son, V. P. ; Mrs. R. C. Bullock, Sec'y. and Treas. ; Mrs. Carrie Phillips, 
acct. ; Mrs. A. H. Curtiss, chaplain; A. H. Curtiss, guardian; F. H. Stevens, 
porter; G. S. Boiler, watchman; C. A. Larson, Guide; Mrs. Mary Westcott, 
Companion. 

KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. 

Pochohantas Tent, No. 101, K. 0. T. M. was instituted in October, 1888, 
by Frank Flannigan, a deputy of the order, with 18 charter members. The 
following are its present officers: John W. Pinner, Com.; L. B. Seager, Lt. 
Com. ; C. L. Wheeler, Rec. and F. K. ; H. Clinton Mount, Chap. ; Homer 
Weaver, M. of A.; Henry Isabell, 1st M. of G. ; F. E. Martin, 2nd M. of 
G.; C. L. Edwards, Sen.; James Peters, P.; U. D. Carl, Sergt. The pre- 
sent membership is 48. 

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WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. 



This noble band of Christian worlcers was organized July 3, 18ss, and now 
has a membership of over twenty. The following are the society's officers: 
Mrs. W. E. Shepardson, Pres. ; Mrs. H. E. Van Alstine, Mrs. M. H. Morian, 
Mrs. A. W. Knapp, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. G. Frank Lapham, Eecording 
Secretary; Miss Mary Mount, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. Chas. T. Eeade, 
Treasurer. Meetings are held regularly at one of the several churches, and 
the society is doing much good. 

There have been temperance societies and other secret orders in town 
but they have been discontinued, and their history in consequence, cannot be 
given here. 



PROF. DARLIN T. BENTLEY. 

During a ratification meeting helil for Abraham Lincoln and Keuben E. 
Fenton, at Jamestown, N. Y., October 14, 1864, by the premature explosion 
of a cannon, one boy was killed, and another who stood in front of it, had 
his right arm torn off, both eyes blown out, and his face and body horribly 
torn and burned. This boy then only seventeen years of age was born in 
Ellington, where his people lived at the time of the accident. Contrary 
to the expectation of all who knew of the disaster, the boy lived and in I8(j0, 
entered the institution for the blind at Batavia, N. Y., where he remained 
for seven years. While there he mastered the cornet and the instrument 
he now uses which was made especially for him and presented by the faculty 
of the institution. He also became so proficient in the point print system 
for blind, that he was appointed instructor of that subject. This is shown 
by the announcement of the institution 
for that time. While he was there 
his people moved here where he has re- 
sided since his return. 

This in brief is an account of the early 
years of Prof. Darlin T. Bentley, known 
all over the state as the blind musician 
of Cherry Creek, known among his friends 
as "Darley Bentley." Though blind and 
with only his left arm, his success as a 
music teacher of ordinary instruments, 
has been phenomenal, and in many in- 
stances he has successfully taught music 
to those despaired of by other music 
teachers with two eyes and two hands, 
and many people in Western New York 
are indebted to him for their musical ed- 
ucation. He will teach as usual a select 
class during the coming summer and past 
experience shows that a parent can do no 
better than to get this instructor for his 
child. E. W. Curtis. 

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PROF. D. T. BENTLEY. 



THE WEEKLY NEWS. 

*HERRY CREEK has an eloquent mouth piece in the Wrckhj 
Xews, which plays an important part in the development and 
growth of the town. It offers a constant incentive and 
encouragement to private enterprise and public improvement. 
It is the medium for the exchange of thought, and dis- 
cussion of local and public (luestions. It enables the inhabitants to keep 
in touch with their neiahbors and the world outside. It offers the best 





WILL T. READE. 

advertisement the town can have to bring trade and the investment of outside 
capital. The standard of a jilace can generally be gauged by the quality 
and character of its newspaper. To tlie realization of these facts Ijy our 
citizens and the loyal support they have always given this industry, is largely 
due the success of its publication. Starting with a small and inferior plant 
located in the second story of the PostofiBce building it has constantly im- 
proved, and today is located on the ground floor with very commodious 



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quarters with a complete and modern i)lant, iucliidini;- a fine cylinder press, 
and an excellent job printing department. Its jiublishers Messrs. Eeade & 
Smith, are practical, up-to-date, enterprisini; young men. 

WILL T. READE 

Is a native of this town, having been born here January 25, 1809. He 
received his education here and at the Fredonia Normal school. Early in 
life he began traveling and there are but few states in the union that he has 
not visited. In August, 1893, he was appointed Postmaster, which position 





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CLARENCE S. SMITH. 

he acceptably filled for four years. lie again traveled extensively through 
the South and West for two years when he in company with Mr. Smith 
purchased the Xews in October, 1898. 

CLARENCE S. SMITH 

"Was born at Girard, Pa.. June 22, 1868. He learned the printer's trade at 
Girard and Erie, Pa., for seven years he was in the employ of the writer and 
was a valued, trusty and competent workman. When the plant was sold he 
went to Erie, where he held ajesponsible position on the Disjiafch in that 

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city for aboat four years, after which he returned aad formed a co-partner- 
ship with Mr. Reade. He was married to Miss Adda G. Reade, January 6^ 
1898. 

CHARLES L. FROST. 

On August 15, 1899, Charles L. Frost succeeded to the business of 
George 0. Wilcox and is making a complete success of it. He carries a com- 
plete stock of general merchandise, with nothing but strictly up-to-date 
goods in every department. By close attention to business and by making 
the interests of patrons his interests, he is winning a splendid trade both 
in the village and from the surrounding country. He has the best of facilities 
for giving his patrons every advantage as to prices, and his business is 
steadily growing. ^Ir. Frost is one of our most iiojiular, enterprising, and 
pushing young business men. 



Cherry Creek is peculiarly a fraternal center. One of the greatest ad- 
vantages of a residence here is thus the opportunity for fraternal privileges, 
intercourse and enjoyment. 

Will T. Reade has probably the finest collection of amateur photographs- 
of any person in town, covering as they do a very wide range of scenes, 
secured in the South and West, and each picture is a gem of art. 




I. O. O. F. Hall. 



Masonic Ball. 
C. I-. Frost. 



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THE BANK. 

Cherry Creek has every reason to be proud 
of E. B. Crissey's Bank, conducted as it is, 
on so thoroughly a sound and conservative 
basis. Its importance as a means of contrib- 
uting to develop the extension of resources 
of this section, cannot be questioned, while 
its rapidly increasing volume of business is a 
guarantee of the financial and industrial 
interests of the town. This popular insti- 
tution was started here in February. 1890, 
by E. B. Crissey, and has had a very suc- 
cessful career, highly creditable to the exec- 
utive ability and conservative judgment of 
its maaager. This bank solicits the accounts 
of all and offers very superior facilities for 
the transaction of every branch of business. 
The banking rooms are commodious and i| 
handsome, provided with a fine fire and 
burglar proof vault and safe, and every 
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MISS NORA B. LAKE. 

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Mr. Crissey is too widely and favorably known to need extended com- 
ment. As a man of affairs in all business relations, he has ever combined 
caution, sagacity and enterprise. He possesses rare executive ability, and 
conducts the aif airs of the bank upon a sound and conservative basis. He 
has done much to advance the interests of the town. He has been ably 
assisted in liis business returns by his sou Harlow J. Crissey, his nephew 
Miner J. Crissey, his niece, Jliss Anna L. Crissey, 0. L. Becker, and the 
present force, C. A. Mount, Esq., and Miss Nora B. Lake. 

NORA B. LAKE. 

A bright and highly accomplished young lady, who holds a position of 
honor and trust, is Miss Xora B. Lake. Born at East Randolph, Cattaraugus 
County, N. Y., and left an orphan in infancy. But by study, perseverence 
and hard work she has attained an enviable position both in a business and 
a social way. She is a leader in religious circles, a member of the Board of 
Stewards of the M. E. Church, President of the Epworth League, and a 
favorite in social circles. Miss Lake graduated from the Jamestown High 
School in Ib'Jl, and from the Jamestown Business College in 1894, since 
which time she has been assistant cashier in E. B. Crissey's Bank. 




MANUFACTURING 

AND Industrial Establishmexts. 

S a manufacturiDg village Cherry Creek has acquired something of 
a reputation, altl\ough its progress in that direction has not been as 
great i)erhaps, as in some other lines. A considerable portion of 
our population is engaged in various manufacturing interests, 
and shipment of Cherry Creek's products are made on nearly 
every train. 





A. H. CURTISS. 



Of the several industries belonging to the village, industries that unite in 
swelling her commerce, in emjiloying her labor, in making her a receiving 
and distributing point, none occupies a wider sphere of usefulness, relating 
to the wants of the people, or enters more largely into the affairs of life than 
the canning factory. The plant is a model one, located on five acres of 
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50x130 feet; No 1 store house, 30x70 feet; No. 3 store house, 50x80 feet; 
boiler house (brick) 20x30 feet; receiving room, 30x80 feet; gas house, 
25x30 feet, office and weigh room, 15x30 feet. The machinery and equip- 
ment is the most modern and comjjlete in every department, and during the 
season from 175 to 200 hands are employed. The output last season was 
1,000,000 cans, consisting mostly of jjeas, beans, corn, tomatoes, apples and 
strawberries. There were 125 cars of canned goods shipped and -tO cars of 
produce received. It required 700 acres to grow the produce for this factory 
for which was paid to the farmers of this locality $25,000. 

For labor there was paid $15,000. The coming season new buildings 
and machinery will be added so as to increase the capacity one third. The 
principal brands packed here are "Prize Winners," "l>elft, '' "Silver Key," 
^'Golden Key," and they command the highest market price, owing to their 
sweetness and excellent flavor. They are such superior quality as to be in 
high demand throughout the country. Taken all in all, the canning factory 
is one of the model establishments of its kind and is of immense advantage 
to Cherry Creek, and would be to a town twenty times its size. 

A. H. CURTISS. 

Superintendent A. H. Curtiss, a portrait of whom appears here, has full 
charge of the jjlant, is a man of sound business principles, energetic and 
enterprising, and is one of Cherry Creek's foremost and highly respected 
citizens. lie is a thorough expert in the canning business, having followed 
that vocation for nearly all his life. lie is a kind and considerate employer, 
beloved and respected by every person under him. By the jjeople of this 
vicinity he is rightly deemed as one of the most public spirited citizens of 
the town — one who is ever ready to lend a helping hand to every worthy 
enterprise which is calculated to promote the material advancement of 
the community, and is held in high esteem in both social and commercial 
circles. Mr. Curtiss was born in Camden, N.Y., July 7, 1S50; when he was 
18 years of age left the farm for Syracuse, where he learned- the canning 
business in every department. Since then he has successfully managed and 
conducted factories at Newark, Fairport, Batavia, North Collins, Buffalo, 
New Hartford, and Eden. He came to Cherry Creek, in 1802, and since 
■which time has had the management of the factory here. lie was married 
to Miss Nellie Griffin of Batavia in 1878. They have two daughter, Blanche 
and Laura G. Mr. Curtiss is treasurer of the Masonic Lodge of this place 
and a member of the Board of Health. 



WILLIAM F. STETSON 

The manufacturing establishment of W. F. Stetson is an enterprise of 
which Cherry Creek is justly proud, and which is doing a very extensive and 
increasing business. The mill commenced operations in 1877 in a modest 
way. Its history has been one of steady growth and continual prosperity. 
Last year something like 82,000 cheese boxes were manufactured, which 
went to supply 35 factories in this section. It is here also that the famous 

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Acme Butter package is luaimfaotured. This package is a vast improvement 
over any which have heretofore been on the market. It is a tight seal 
package and keeps the butter from all taints regardless of surrounding con- 
ditions. The jiatent fastener on the cover is a great feature, as you can 
fasten the cover perfectly tight without the use of tacks, nails or staples, 
and you can open and close as many times as you wish without defacing the 
cover or pail. Mr. Stetson has all the improved machinery for the manu- 
facture of this package, which is his own patent. While this is something 
compai-atively new, he has already made and sold over l{)(),()0(t and he is 




WILLIAM F. STETSON. 



bothered somewhat to supply the demand. In addition to the above he also 
makes cider, and a superior article of jelly. This .establishment gives 
employment to a number of hands and is one of our most valued institu- 
tions. 

W. F. Stetson was bDrn in Stockwell, Oneida County, N. Y., June 19, 
1850. Was educated at Clinton Liberal Institute at Clinton and Whites- 
boro Seminary. He was engaged with his father in the manufacture of 
lumber and cheese boxes until he came to Cherry Creek in the spring of 
1877, when he purchased a site and erected his present commodious build- 
ings. Mr. Stetson is one of our most prominent citizens and has ever taken 
a genuine interest in all that conf^erns the public welfare of the town. He 

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FACTORY OF W. F. STETSON. 

has represented his town on the board of supervisors; he has been president 
of the Village and a member of the board of Village trustees. He is member 
of the several leading secret organizations here. Both in private life, and in 
official capacities Mr. Stetson has been distinguished by his upright and 
honorable character and has made a host of friends. He was married to Miss 
Mary Eaton of Xew Berlin, X. Y., .January 3, 1881. They have three 
children, Genevia, wife of John Myers, Frank and Harry. 

The broom factory of James Peters was established in IsiJO, and has built 
up a business which now supplies a large territory with its products. 
Brooms of all grades, including whisk brooms, etc., are manufactured. 
Something like -2,000 dozen brooms are made here annually which find a 
ready sale. 



The cheese factory owned by E. F. llowley 
and managed by E. A. Skiff has a good repu- 
tation for its make of excellent cheese. At 
the state fair last year the cheese made at this 
factory scored 99 points out of a possible 100. 
The milk of 360 cows are received here and 1.") 
cheese are made daily the year round. 

C. E. Hess owns the planing mill and does an 
extensive business in all kinds of dressed lum- 
ber, sash, doors and blinds. 

H. S. Chase operates an extensive lumber 
mill. 

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George Hines manufactures dimension lumber of all kinds such as 
handles, fish rods joints, brush blocks, pail woods, spools, knobs, balls, 
checkers, etc. He does a good business. 

The manufacture of charcoal is an important industry in Cherry Creek, 
employing a large number of men. The six kilns are owned and operated 
by George Kelle. The output annually is 115 cars of charcoal for which it 
takes oioO cords of four foot wood. The wood used mostly in its manu- 
facture is black ash, maple and elm. A ready market is found in Buffalo for 
all that is made here. 




CHARCOAL KILNS. 

The barrel factory of Robert Janaes manufactures apple barrels for the 
local demand in considerable quantities. And there is an abundant oppor- 
tunity in Cherry Creek for an enlargement in facilities in this direction. 

Amoxg Cherry Creek's busiest and prosperous manufacturing concerns 
is the foundry and boiler works of Alpha Annis. Mr. Annis is a practical 
machinist and understands every detail of the business. He has built up 
a trade extending far and near. His business is rapidly developing into 
large proportions. 

There are few lines of industry where the improvements of the present over 
the past have been so marked, and the conditions so revolutionized as it has 
in the matter of bread stuffs. The f)resent century has witnessed the change 
from the old sand stone buhr to the most highly improved gradual reduction 
system. The Langworthy Flour and Feed Roller ]\Iill is one of the most 
complete and modern plants that can be found. Xo expense was spared to 
make the mill up-to-date in every respect. The building is large and com- 



modious, 30x-10 feet, built on the elevator plan, with ample capacity to 
supply all demands. The management guarantees that absolutely no sub- 
stitution will be practiced, and when a man brings high grade buckwheat or 
grain to the mill they can rest assured that they can return home with best 
of products made from their own grain. The power used is a 30-horse power 
Olin Gas Engine, so the steam is always up and the coal bin never empty. 
We can all look with pride at this modern plant for it is something that 
Cherry Creek has long needed. 




CHERRY CREEK ROLLER MILL. 



The success already achieved by the manufacturing enterprises of Cherry 
Creek is but an indication of the possibilities in this direction. There is 
no good reason with the advantages which Cherry Creek possesses in the 
way of railroad facilities, freight rates and abundance of water, etc., why 
the village should not become an important and desirable manufacturing 
point. The availability of lumber, wood of different kinds, and other 
material and the great saving which could be atfectcd in freight should be 
an incentive worthy of consideration by manufacturers in search of 
locations. Furniture, cereal products, cutlery, agricultural machinery, and 
nearly every other line of goods could be profitably manufactured in Cherry 
Creek and find a ready market. 



WILLIAM I. PHILLIPS. 

Among the gentlemen uf the old school who have adopted and jiut into 
active practice the modern methods of transacting an honoral)le and legiti- 
mate business, Cherry Creek is proud to number the gentleman whose honored 
name stands at the head of this tribute to his successful career. He sprang 
from an honest, rugged, hardworking, honored and honorable ancestry, who 
were enrolled in the ranks of that first of man's vocations — tillers of the soil. 
He was Ijorn where he now lives, August 29, 1845. He is the son of Adams 
PhiUips, who was born in Chesterfield, N. H., March 30, 1810. His mother 
was born in the same cuunty May 10, 1807. They were married March 31st, 




WILLIAM I. PHILLIPS. 



1831, and moved to the southwest corner of tlii' tdwn of Cherry Creek (Ui what 
is known as the Phillips Homestead. 

The only railway service enroute was fnuii Tioy to Si'lienectailv and the rest 
of the way was covered by team and canal. He purchased 4'> acres of land, 
erected a log house and the young enu})le start t'd in the jnirsuit of agriculture. 
The mighty forest yielded to their bidding and a family of eleven children 
came to light their pathway. 

William I., the seventh son and youngest boy, was elected to remain at 
home, and guide the tVxjtsteps of his parents until they were borne to that 



shore whence no traveler returns. As a reward the old humestead of 120 acres 
was deeded to him. Mr. Philhps received his education at the (Hstrict school 
and graduated form the Ellington Academy. Feeling that agriculture was 
the nohlest work of man lie chose that vocation. He was married Fcl)ruary 
22, 1872, to :Miss Lorinda R. Kellogg of Ellington. On March 17, 1S7.5 was 
bom to them a son, Adams Philhps, who graduated from Ellington High 
School, taught school one year at East Otto, then attended the State Xonnal 
School at Fredonia, graduating with the highest honors, l)eing unanimously 
chosen president of liis class. 

He is now attending Cornell I'niversity this lacing his second year. Another 
son, Burdcttc Phillijis was l)orn August 24, 1876, who graduated from the 
Ellington Higli School, took a classical course in the Fredonia Normal, and 
is now princiiial of the Aliegliiiny High School — this lieing his tliird success- 
ive year. 

The third son, Clayton Phillips, was Iwrn Octoher 24, 187.'<. Tlie fourth 
son, Degournev PliilliiiS, was born July 15, 1881. Anna Phillips, the only 
daughter, was liorn .July 15, 1883. The three last named are attending the 
Cherry Creek Union School. From the old homestead of 120 acres, under 
the profitable management of Mr. Phillips, it has grown to 507 acres, and in 
the summer season is put to raising ci'ops for the Cherry Creek Canning 
factory. The present season there will lie 250 peo])le employed to work and 
care for the crops u])on this farm. Two hundred acres will he cultivated; 
the canning factory's output will be nearly double that of any other season. 

^Ir. Phillips had to his credit on the 1i(.i(_)ks of the canning factory last season 
$8,332.43. In a measure to show the amount of building done in Cherry 
Creek diu'ing the jiast five years, from the saw mill upon his place he has 
turnished lumber for the following liuildings: Stores occupied by F. R. Pope, 
W. E. Shepardson, E. P.. Rcade, C. L. Frost, Netos office, Dr. C. A. 
Shepard's drug store, E. B. Crissey's bank, new grist mill, cheese factory, 
Robert James' store and h(juse. Baptist church, A. H. Curtiss' residence, J. 
E. Martin's market, -Jolm ^1. Johnson's residence, G. 0. Wilcox and B. 
Shattuck's barns, C. E. Hess" machine shop, office, store, and work room for 
canning factory, besides different ice houses and lumber for sidtnvalks. He 
estimates to have furnished the Village of Cherry Creek with nearly a million 
of feet of building material during the ]>ast five years. His mill is located six 
miles from Cherry Creek, five miles from Sinclairville, five miles from Elling- 
ton and four miles from Charlotte. Excepting Cherry Creek and a Grange 
Hall built at Charlotte Center, there has been no demand during the past five 
years for Iniilding material in those places. In October, l.si)9, he put down 
a well and found sufficient gas to sup] ily his home; he also secured at that 
time at a depth of 150 feet a fine flowing well of mineral water. 

Mr. Philhps is strictly an up-to-date farmer and farms it to make money. 
In 1890, he was elected Superxdsor wliicli duties he faithfully discharged. 
He has been justice of the ]ieace continually since 1SS5. He has done nuich 
for his town. 

There arc many pleasure resorts in and about Clierrv Creek. 

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A FEATURE OF CHERRY CREEK.* 



realize that fur several years many families 
pent their suiniiiers in this pleasant vallev 



lUiitains. ami each vear the nuniher 



* * * But few Bull'aliinian 
from their city have as rejiularly 
as others have jfone to Saratoga or the nii 
increases. 

Situated in the southwestern part of the town of Cherry Creek, ami in this 
valley, is the 500-acres farm of William I. Phillips, of w^hich 200 acres are 
devoted to the cultivation of products for the canning factory and to assist 
in the harvesting of these jirodxicts he has 200 Italians from Buffalo. This 
force has lieen working on the i)eas, of which "Sir. Phillips has 95 acres sown 
in rotation, so that ahont 15 acres are ready for picking at a time. Not only 
do the parents work at this, hut all children five years of age and over work 
from early morning until night, all Ijcing paid a certain price per Inishel. 
In this way the larger the family the greater the income, and, with great lousi- 
ness foresight, the fathers, with hardly an exception, have several to swell 
the day's earnings. ]Mothers with children l)ut a few months old are in the 
field all day and earn as much as those not so fortunate. Small parties are 
set to work in different parts of the field, the ^ines are pulled up and the ])eas 
of all sizes are taken clean at one picking. The head of the family is credited 
with all ])icked Ijy himself, wife and children. 

^Before the peas were ripe, five acres of strawhcrries furnisheil wiok, and 
with the peas are eight acres of black raspberries, ^\'hen the peas are 
harvested, then comes string beans, of which there are 40 acres ; next 20 acres 
of cucumliers, and last in the season 40 acres of Lima lieans. Ten acres of 
early peas were harvested and the ground planted to beans, so that two 
crops will be raised on the same piece of ground in one season. 

Three buildings with about 25 rooms are furnished for these people. Mr. 
Phillips luiys flour in ten-liarrel loads and furnishes it to them, but aside from 
this and the milk of three cows they get what they need from other sources. 
Each_faniily is debited with flour and milk received, and whatever amount of 
money it wants during work, which is only a little. At the close of the 
season, when they return to Buffalo, they are paid in full. The average 




JUVENILE PEA PICKERS— FARM OF WM. I. PHILLIPS. 

From The TllusliaUd Buffalo Ai/livii. 
Copyrighted, iSgg. by Co. E. Mallhriis & Co. 

* From an article condensed from the Illustrated Buffalo Express, written by E. IV. Curtis. 

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family, consisting of father, mother and three or four chilfh-en, earns $125 
in ten weeks. * * * \\\ liyg {^ perfect liarmony. In the evening, 
singing, dancing and accordion music furnish the amusement. Xo wt)rk is 
done on Sunday, and the highway in front of tlie Iniildings is literally filled 
with children. The novice as he lociks at the confusion naturally expects the 
children to stray into the wrong plac.'e, hut, like chickens among many coops, 
they seem to have no trouhle. 

While other jiroducers have found it next to impossible to get help this 
year, I\Ir. Phillips has experienced no difficulty. ^lost of his families have 
been with him for several years, and each year they tell others who want to 
come the next. Six years ago he began -with three acres, the next he had 
twelve acres. * * * jjjy furoman, Aiigclo Monaco, an Italian, acts both 
as superintendent and interpreter, and stays with him the year around. 

* * * ^Ir. Phillijis is the largest individual producer in the county. 
From what has already been harvested, he estimates his ci'op of peas for this 
year as 12,0()t) bushels. Each year he increases his acreage, and in a short 
time expects to have his whole 500 acres under cultivation, so the siunmer 
Italian colony seems to be a permanent feature of Cherry Creek. 



DR. CHARLES A. PRICE. 



The name of Adrian Price is familiar to every citizen of Cherry Creek. 
The Doctor was born here June '16, 185(J. Educated at the District School 
and graduati'il frnni the Ellington Academy in 1876. Since which time his 
life has Ik'cii a bu.sy one. In 1S77 he was collector for the Domestic Sewing 
Machine Co., which position he creditably tillcil for one year. He then 
taught school for five winters, and traveled sunnners for the New York and 
London Chemical Co. ; his territory being all over the L'nited States. The 
Doctor l)egan his medical education in the office of Dr. J. E. Caneen, with 
whom he studied for three years. He graduated from the Cincinnati 
Ecelectic ^Icdical University and received a (■ertificate from that institution. 
In 1882 lie founded the Central Botanical Co. , which institution manufact- 
lUTil the well known Dr. Gray's Positive Remedies, six in number. For six 
years he traveled extensively introducing, advertising and selling the remedies, 
finallv selling the business to A. R. Smith in 1888. He remained with .Mr. 



Snuth for two years and was a valuable salesman. Since 

engaged in the manufacture of luml)er and shingles and 

business. Doctor Price has filled every 

l^osition and performed every task al- 

loted to him in that true, dignified, 

manly manner, so charactei'istic of him, 

at all times. I Ic was married to Miss 

Amelia Cornell of Charlotte, this county, 

March 31, 1880. 



1 S! )( 1 
docs 



has been 
extensive 



Che KEY Crkek's physicians say this is 
not a very good town for their i)usiness. 
Here's a ]iointiT for people looking for a 
healtbv lioiiic. 

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DR. C. A. PRICE. 



CHARLES S. SHEPARD. 

A man of inodcrn ideas, a jieiiius, a tli inker, and of improved methods is 
our towisnian, Charles S. .Shepard. He has secured i>atents on a numl)er 
of useful devices which saves time and lal.or. He is now engaged in the 
selling to the trade, his adjustable Dust Pan Holder, a handy and useful 
device (see cuts). Mr. Hhepard has just made a contract with Benjamin 
Bros, of Buffalo, for the sale of his cuml.ination sprayer and force pump, 
on a rovaltv for three years. He lias also ohtaincd letters iiatcnt on an 




CHARLES S. SHEPARD. 



agricultural steam lioiler ami a jacketed milk can — all useful inventions. Mr. 
Shepard was Koni July 27, 1846, in the tomi of Greig, Lewis County, N. 
Y. , an<:l wlien nine years of age moved with his parents to ^^>st Camden, this- 
state. When fifteen years of age he entered the employ of J. Powell of 
Williamson to learn the trade of tinsmith. Received his education at A^'est 
Camden; came to Cherrv Creek, March l(j, 1868, and opened a branch hard- 
ware store for ^Mount & Parsons of Forest\dlle, conducted under the firm 
name of C. S. Shepard & Co. From 1872 to 1876 he was in the hardware 
l)usiness at Cassadaga, under the firm name of Shei)ard & Wilcox, when he 
S(jld his interest to his partner and went on the road selhng pianos, organs 

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and sewing machines. On April 10, 1S94, he again eml)arked in the hard- 
ware business in Cherry Creek, which he conducted until January 1, 1899, 
when he sold to his brother, H. N. Shepard. Mr. Shepard was married to 
]Miss Minerva A. Brigham of Cherry Creek, .June 29, 1870. They have one 
daughter, Fannie A. 



Cherry Creek has a number of excellent camera fiends. Among those 
whose pictures are best known may be mentioned A\^ill. T. Reade, E. W. 
Curtis, F. H. Lapham, Arlie Bacon, Miss Nora B. Lake and ]\liss Blanche 
Curtiss. Within the borders of the ^'illage there are many picturesque scenes, 
scarcely yet appreciated, but nevertheless adding much to the attractions of 
the Village. 

The M. E. Church was built in INS-J, and co.st So,4o7, which was paid 
mostly V)y voluntary subscriptions. The building committee was composed 
of tlie following: G. S. Kent, R. W. Parsons, Rev. J. W. Smitli. I. .]. Ricli- 
ardson, Horace Bro-mi and F. P. Gillette. The dedicatory sernKm was 
preached liy Rev. B. I. Ives, Decemlier 27, 1882. 



M\NUF.\CTURERS contemplating the n'iii(iv:il df their factc.iries t(i nn.ire 
desirable locations, or persons desiring to engage in tlie business of manufac- 
turing, should not fail to look over the ground at Cherry Creek. It is the very 
best of a location. 




THE OLD WAY. 





BUSINESS INTERESTS. 

*HERRY CREEK enjoyss the (listiiictinii of licing (nic oi the hest busi- 
ness towns in the county, and for that matter in the cduntry, for the 
husino^ss done here in a general way, in [inipdrtidn tn the ]iopulat- 
iiin, is equalled by few villages in the state. 
This is due in a large measure ti> the enterprise and "push" of our 
business men. In none of the larger villages can be found more complete 
stocks of goods than are carried by Cherry Creek's merchants. Our 
citizens have nt> occasion to go to Butfalo to Iniy merchandise, for 
while the taste and recjuirenients of Cherry Creek citizens are doubtless as 
fastidious and exacting as any; yet the merchants appreciate the fact, and 
the best there is in the diiferent lines of goods can be found in the merchan- 
tile establishments of Cherry Creek. The splendid tributary country of pros- 
perous communities and thriving farming population enables our business 
men to carry large and selected stocks, and it is no wonder that our business 
men draw a large share of trade from a distance. No apology is necessary 
for the personal mention of the leading business concerns of the \'illage which 
appear in this work. It is the enterprise of these business men which not 
only makes the publication of such a work as this possible, but makes Cherry 
Creek the best of all the smaller villages, socially, fraternally, educationally, 
and in many other respects. 

F. J. SHATTUCK. 

It is certainly a pleasing duty to any one interested in the growth and pros- 
perity of Cherry Creek, to review the advance and development of her lead- 
ing industries, and more particularly of those representative estal^lishments 
— ^the large dry goods and clothing emporiums — as they indicate, in a greater 
degree than any other, the advance of the people in wealth, good taste, etc. 
F. -T. Shattuck's store is the largest in Cherry Creek, occupying the entire 
1( iwer floor of the Ferrin Block and is well filled with the choicest and finest 
stock of dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, furnishing goods, etc. , 
to be found in any place in Western New York outside of cities. This com- 
prises a general line of goods, especially selected with regard to high quality. 
The patronageof this house is derived from many sections hereabouts, in 
addition to the trade of the town, and it's well known the verj^ choicest lines 
of goods are t" be found at this house, even when they are not to be pro- 
cured elsewhere. The above facts have le<l to the large increase and develop- 
ment of business, and each year the receipts are greater than the one which 
preceded it. 

^fr. Shatturk was born in the town oF Iletiron. Potter Comitv, Pa., in 

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1862, and is the son of John A. and Mary (Graves) Bhattuck. He moved 
with his mother in 1864, while his father was in the army, to M'ellsville, 
N. Y., where he was educated. Mr. Shattuok was engaged as a clerk at the 
age of 16 by A. R. Hill, the largest tanner of ^^'ellsville, where he remained 
imtil Mr. Hill's death six or seven years later. Young Shattuck rose rapidly 
in promotion from office boA' to buyer and head clerk of the large stores. 
After Mr. Hill's death Shattuck was offered a good position with a mercan- 
tile firm at Wyalusing, Pa. ; he remained at this place nearly two years, hut 
there was not enough stir and business to keep him liusy so he accepted a 
position with the W. & L. R. (iale Tanning Co. of Galteon, Pa., as book- 
keeper. At tlie end of the month he was promoted to chief clerk and general 
manager of the large supply store doing the largest retail business of any 
store outside of the cities. He held this position until all large tannery con- 
cerns were formed into gigantic trusts. Mr. Shattuck then resigned his 
position and came to Cherry Creek, and in August, 1893, opened u]i his dry 
goods and clothing store, which mnv occuiiics two lai'ge stores. ^Ir. Shattuck 





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Grange and G. A. R. Hall. Maccabee Hall. 

F. J. Shattuck'a Dry Goods and Clothing Emporium. 

FERRIN BLOCK. 



has just associutrtl himself with W, K. Westhniiik as a co-paitiier and 
lioujrht the finest and largest clothing store in the city of Charlotte, Mich. 

Mr. ^\'esthro<lk will have charge of the husiiiess there while Mr. Shattuck 
will look after his own interests here. 

Mr. Shattuck was niarrieil DeeenihiT 24, ISSl, to Clara A. Richmond of 
AVhitesville, N. Y. This was a hap})y union and a great adjunct to Mr. 
Shattuck's success. Three children helj) to make their pleasant home on 
South Side Avenue, what a home sjiould he. Miss Lillian, age 16, was born 
in Wellsville, Mabel, age U, and llrace, age 2, both born in Cherry Creek. 
Mr. Shattuck is a mend>er of I. 0. 0. F.,F. lSs A. M., and the Sons of 
Veterans. He is a friend of the soldier and takes great interest in all jiublic 
and private institutions that are of general benefit to the conmiunity. Mr. 
Shattuck has held many ]iositions of public trust and has been a niendier of 
the Town Board for the past five years. He was elected president of the 
Village in the sjiring of ISil!), on the whole his life has been a very busy one. 




CHARLES H. DELAMATER. 

Charles H. Delamater was born at Gill.ios, Schoharie County, N. Y. , he 
and his lirother, Edgar Dalemater, a tanner of Costello, Pa., being now the 
only living of the six children of William .1. and Maria Delamater. 

At an early age he learned the trade of cabinet maker; Ijut at the age of 
nineteen, his brother induced him to learn the tanner's trade at West 
€amden, N. Y. Here he was married to Miss Anna Gamlde in October, 
1870. Immediately after his marriage he went to Allegany, N. Y., where 
he had the position of foreman in the tannery of J. B. Strong. In 1880 he 
became general superintendent, having full charge of and the complete 
management of tlie tannery, that year jiur.lmsed by A. R. Hill. In 1885 the 

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tannery Ijccaniu thu property of A. Healy it Sony. Threi' yi'ars later the 
tannery was increased to more than donhle its previous capac-ity, tanning 7o(> 
hides a day. In 1893 the tannery became the property of the United States 
Leather Co., the capacity being increased to 800 sides per day. This tannery- 
manufactured only sole leather using exclusively hides from the M'est Indies. 
The 8i)anish-A7iierican war cut off the supjily of hides, the only kind of which 
could be used in that tannery, and as a direct result, the U. S. Leather Co. 
was forced to close the tannery. During all these changes of administration 
he occupied the same position. 

He was oSered the position of general suiieriutendent of diticrcnt tanneries 
in Canada and different parts of the United States but having acted as foreman 
and superintendent of the tannery at Allegany for 28 years, he preferred to 
retire from that business so came to this village, the home of iiis only married 
daughter, Mrs. Edgar W. Curtis. 

Since coming here, he has entered the hardware and plumbing business 
with Richard Leworthy, his assistant. His store is well stocked with every- 
thing carried in a first class hardware store. Though he has lieen in liusi- 
ness here but a comparatively short time, the people of the town and vicinity 
have already found that they can secure of him anything in his line of busi- 
ness even if not usually kept in a country hardware store ; because if not in 
stock, Mr. Delamater willingly orders specially for any jiatron. 



E. B. Crissey, the lianker, informs us that during the ]iast ten years there 
has been no serious failure here, and that SI, 000 would cover the loss sustained 
by all. No one in this town has taken advantage of or is liable to of tlie 
bankruptcy act. 

Health, peace, prosperity and comfort seem to be the rule here. 




RESIDENCE OF C. H. DELAMATER. 



C. L. EDWARDS. 

No hou!<e in Cherry Creek has achieved a nmre (.'n\'ial>le reputation for 
lianillint; first-class iioods, or for honorahle and upright dealings than that of 
C L. Edwards, dealer in dry goods, clothing, hoots, shoes, hats, caps, notions, 
wall paper, etc., etc. Mr. Edwards l)egan husiness here in 18<S;-!, under the 
firm name of Mount & Edwards. Tlie following year their co-partnership 
was dissolved, and ]Mr. Edwards purchased the furniture husiness of ]M. J. 
Kenyon, this he successfully conducted until 1897, when he sold to F. R. 
Pope, and jnirchased a stock of dry goods, clothing, hoots, shoes, etc. 




C. L. EDWARDS. 



Duiing this time his histoiy has Ikcu one jieriod of success and pros- 
perity. His store is tastefully fitted up, the stock large, comprehensive, 
€mbracing everything in fancy and staple dry goods, furnishings of all kinds, 
boots, shoes, hats, cajis, wall-])aper, in fact, everything usually kept in a first 
<dass general store. The articles carried emln-ace a diversity too numerous 
for particularization in these pages. The high reputation of Mr. Edwards 
in connection with the husiness here is so familiar with the general puhlie, 
that further comment would tie superfluous. 

In politics ilr. Edwards is a Repul)lican. In 1891 he was elected .lustice 

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of the Peace, and has been a niemhcr of the school board since IS!).'-!, wliich 
duties he has discharjj;ed faithfully and well. 

He is an Odd Fellow and a Maccabee; in the latter order he has gained con- 
siderable prominence. In 1892 he was elected Great Sergeant and has been 
one of the State officers of the (4reat Cam]) ever since. At ]iresent he is one 
of the state auditors of that society, which positii in he has held since 1896. 
Mr. Edwards was liorn in Ch(>rry Creek, April 22, 18.5U, and moved t(i 
Sherman, this county, in 187(), gra(luatc<l from the Sherman I'nion School 
in 1880, and taught school in the vicinity of Sherman three terms, removing 
to Cherry Creek in ISSl. He married Miss Carrie Croft of Sherman, 
March 10, 1881, and to them has been born three children, one son and two 
daughters. 




EDWIN B. READE. 



A gcicid thing til lie said nf the business houses of ('licrry Creek is that they 
have ncit only gnod recdrds, but long rcciirds, as a rule, and all of them, 
whether old in years or new in the lield, know that from the start they have 
been successful. We find for instance, that K. B. Reade has iieen in busi- 
ness here since 1S7.5. He keeps a vast and su]iei-ioi' sto<'k of light and hcavv 
harness for all ]iur])oses, saddlery goixls, blankets, robes, whips, horsemen's 
equiiiments of all kinds, trunks, bags, valises, all of tasteful design and 



superior workmanship. He also deals in carriages, cutters sleighs — and all 
goods are guaranteed and prices are very low. Mr. Reade is too well known 
to need extensive comment; he is |in),iir(ssi\c and energetic, and has 
acquired a large and influential patronage. He was horn in Cherry Creek, 
October 19, 1,S.51, and married April IG, ISSU, Miss Cora Crowell. They 
have one daughter. May. 

JOHN DELANEY. 

One of the most al)ly conducti'il grocery stores in Clicn-y Cri'ck is that of 
John DeLaney. This prosperous l)usiness was estahlished in 1S1)2. The 
store is nicely fitted up and supplied witli every conveniencee. His stock is 
good and varied, comprising new crop of teas, fragrant coffee, pure spices, 




lOHN DELANEY. 



canned goods of all kinds, jiopular brands of flour, sugar, etc. The stock 
is always new and fresh, and goods are sold at the very lowest prices. Mr. 
DeLaney has had many years of experience, ami londucts his business upon 
prompt and honorable methods. He was born in tlie town oi Hartland, 
Niagara County, N. Y., February l(i, 1S;>S. Early in life he learned the 
tanner's trade and shoemaker's trade. In Stockton, this county, he was 
engaged in the grocery, boot and shoe business for a number of years. He 
came to Cherry Creek in 187'2, where he has lieen in business since. He 






married ]\Iiss Mary E. Howard of Pomfret, December 9, 1852, and to 
them have Ijeen born three son? and two daughters as follows : Ella ]\I. , 
residing at home; Sarah A., who married Robert James, now deceased; 
AMlton H., salesman in Jones & i^udett's store at Jamestown; G. Elmer, now 
engaged in hardware business at Shorts\alle, this state ; Bert E. , a stenographer 
and bookkeeper at Lancaster, Pa. 

W. E. SHEPARDSON. 

Among the many excellent grocery stores in Cherry Creek there is proljably 
not one that has secured a more enduring hold on jjojiular favor, than the 
well known estalilishment of \V. E. Shepardsnn. It is in all respects a iirst- 
class family grocery store, and has a fine jiatronage; his trade is constantly 




W. E. SHEPARDSON. 



increasing. The quarters 20x80 feet are commodimis, neat and well ordered 
and a choice a.ssortment of goods is always kept on hand. Rock liottom 
prices prevail, and customers can rely uj>on getting full weight and a superior 
article in every instance. The stock int'kides everything usually found in a 
first-class grocery store, liesides his line of groceries he carries an excellent 
line of shoes. This thriving Inisiness he purchased of F. W. JIason in 1898. 

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Mr. Shrparclsiin is an a<-tivr, jiniirrcshiive ami li(iiiiii-al>lc man, ami fully 
unik'i'stands tlie ivijuiivnicnts nf his many [latrons. Hr has tclejihone con- 
nections. 

Mr. Shepardson was Imrn in \'('iiii(int. April 2."). 1S47, ami came to Ellino-- 
ton when eiulit years of age. He was educated at the Ellington Academy and 
his first husiness venture was there in the cheese box, cooper and pianino- 
mill husiness. He went to California, where he was in the furniture trade for 
two years. Returning to Denver lie conducted a Imiker's office for two 
years. He came to Cherry Creek in 1S82 and in c.nnipanv with his 
brother H. J. Shepardson, starte<l a hamlle factory and mill. 

ClaKE F. B.vrnes came to Cherry Creek in the fall of 181KS and engaged 
in the jewelry business in an unpretentious way. By keeping good goods 
giving strict attenti<:>n to business, and doing good work, he has pri)spered. 
Mr. Barnes has a thorough knowk'dge of every detail of the art of watch- 
making, having learned every brant'h of the lousiness in Ball's factory in 
Cleveland. Parties wanting fine repairing of watches or jewelry, will find Mr. 
Barnes entirely competent to d(_> it f<.ir them. 








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STORE OF W. E. SHEPARDSON. 



M. ALLEN. 

Druggist and pharniaci:?!, was horn in Conewango, Cattaraugus County, 
N. Y. , December 2, 1839, and was married to Miss Ann 8age of Leon, in Sep- 
tember, 186L He came to Cherry Creek in 1872, and embarked in the drug 
and grocery business, which he successfully conducted until 1S8"2, when he 
sold to Burt Rich and entered the hardware business. In 1885 he returned 
to his former business, that of si'lling drugs and patent medicines, in which he 
is now successfully engaged. In 1893 he erected on Main Street an elegant 
building 20x52 feet, and its fittings and api)ointments are very attractive. A 
full line of pure drugs and medicines are carried here, also everything in the 
line of druggist sundries, toilet articles, stationery, books, confectionery, 




M. ALLEN. 

tobacco, cigars and jiatent medicines. Mr. .Mien is a man of sterUng luisi- 
ness qualities, and his honesty and integrity have won for him the business 
success which he now enjoys. 

He is a prominent Mason ami odd Fellow, having passed the chairs in 
both orders. He was Postmaster under Cleveland's administration and has 
done much to help the lousiness interests of the town. 



Miss Jknxie Isg.vlls carries a full line of all kinds of millinery and fancy 
goods. Sh(> has a neat establishment tilled with choice specimens of the 
millinery art. 

The eilucational advantages of Cherry Creek are not surpassed by any 
town of like population in the State. 

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In tho arc'liitwtural fiold iiUKlorn ideas and inipmvcil niethiuls have 
so revoluti(ini/('(l the ultl onler of things, that a man tii lie successful in this 
(lay, must he thuniu^hly u]) to date, fully skilled, and a natural designer of 
more than ordinary ability. The man who tills the aliove demand in Cherry 
Creek is nnquestionalily Hoyt F. Smith. He is an architect of twenty years' 
experience, (hn-ina; which time he has drawn ]ilans for and constructed many 
line huildinirs. The most of the liuildin.t;s shown in this hook are of his 
design and construction. He draws plans for all kinds of Iniildings, either 
large or small, and his designs are so practical, so convenient, and usually so 
economical, that he is regarded as the liest architect to he had in this liicality. 
His sjiecitications are always tliomugh and com])lete, and his honesty and 
devotion to his employers' interest so niarkeil that he is eniplovcil liy all who 
\vant good service at reasonahle charges. 








M. ALLEN'S DRUG STORE. 

121 



G. LEROY MARTIN. 

The subject of this sketch lia.s Ijceii as.suci;ited with the mercantile business 
of Cherry Creek since 1883, and enjoys the esteem of every class of 
society, because of his genial, kindly and affable manner, and his strict 
intejrrity and fair deaUng in all transactions. He carries a good stock of 
staple and fancy groceries of all kinds. ^Mr. ^hll■tin was born in Arkwright, 
this county, Decemlier 22. 1851: was educated at Riceville, (Peim.) 
Academy, where he engaged in Ijusiness, remaining seven years, and then 
removed to State Line, Pa. , where he conducted a general sore for five years, 




G. LEROY MARTIN, 
I 'Wage Clerk. 

and then came to Cherry Creek, and in company mth his brother C. H. 
Martin, opened a fir.st-class grocery store. This co-partnership continued 
until the fire of October, 1S96, when it was dissolved, and soon thereafter 
Mr. Martin engaged in liusiness alone. In politics he is a Republican and 
for six vears was Town Clerk. He was the first \'illage clerk, which office he 
has continuallv held, iierforming the duties attached thereto faithfully 
and diligently, giving entire satisfaction to the \'illage government, and 
winning the friendshi] I (if all liy his kindness of disposition and straightfor- 
wardness of character. 

Fr.vxk E. Shaw conducts a blacksmith shop and is doing an extensive 
business. He also ileals in hoi-ses and farm implements. 



Tflo^iAS H. Smith conducts a wagon and repair shop an<l does a good 
business. 



HIRAM E. SAFFORD. 



The bavhfi- slid 
priiprietiir is polit 
enjoys a reputation for in 



i]i of H. E. Satfonl is a tonsorial stiulio par excellence. Its 
<;enial and thorousrhlv aciiuaintcil with his art. He 

ci.j.v -"-!■"" ?. .„,lustry and skill in handliuir his patrons, which is 

the secret of the notable success he has achieved in his business. Mr. ^afford 
was born in the town of Stockton, this county. May 19, 1851, and was 
educated at Chaniberlin Institute, Randolph. For eight years he was a clerk 
in the establishment of H. Bannister & Son; he also seiTcd in a like capacity 




HIRAM E. SAFFORD. 



To-.tn Clerk. 



for R. W. Parsons, and Parsons & Spencer for abont five years, besides two 
years with A. C. Young of Cairo, Mich. 

For two years he was in the grocery business under tlie firm name of Mount 
& Satt'ord. Politically. Mr. Satford is a staunch Democrat, and owing to 
his popularity he has twice been chosen Town Clerk, in 1SS2 and again in 
1S99, in a town that always gives a Rej)ubUcan majority nf over KK). Mr. 
Saflford man-ied ^fiss Abliie R. Mount, -hme li. 1^74. They have one son, 
Ralph M. 



G. FRANK LAPHAM. 

The insiifanc-e coinjianies of the world always occupy a prominent place 
as institutions, l)eneficial, practicable and indispensable in the i>resent state of 
cixT-lization. An enormous aggregate of capital is represented by them, and 
the liusy village of Cherry Creek has not only proven a fruitful field for such 
institutions, but has also lieen favored with a representative of large experience 
and undoubted relialjility in that line of business. 

G. Frank Lapham started the Cherry Creek General Insurance Agency in 
1S74. For two years prior to that Mr. Lapham canvassed f(3r the Provident 
Life and Trust Co. , of Philadelphia, and worked fire insurance as sort of a 




G. FRANK LAPHAM. 



side issue: lie tinally dinpiird life insurance and dr\-iited liis time wliolly to 
fire insurance, and continued the business alone until bSS4. On .January 1st 
of that year he sold a one-half interest to H. B. Aldrich of Conewango, who 
brought quite an aniciunt nf business into the agency from Cattaraugus County. 
The firm of Lajiham ^S: Aldrich i-ontinued for two years, doing a jirospenius 
l)usiness, when Mr. Lajiham iiurchased ^Ir. .Vldrich's interest, continuing 
alone until Xovemlier 1. bSSl), when be sold a liaU' interest tn .bibn C. Holmes 
of Little ^'a.lley, X. Y. This co-partnership existed until November 1, 1894, 
when ^Ir. Laiiham purchased the interest of Mr. Holmes, since which time 



Mr. Lapham has conducted the business. This agency has long lieen known 
for its promptness in the adjustment and payment of losses. Personally Mr. 
Lapham is too well known to need any special comment. He is a man of 
long experience in his line, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire 
community. He married February 28, 1872, Miss Belle J. Tanner, daugh- 
ter of the late Revillo N. Tanner of Cherry Creek. 



L.\.UN'I)RY: There is nothing that affords more comfort to the average lady 
or gentleman than perfect laundr\- work and nothing that will give them such 
distress of mind as poorly lanndried linen. The present tlay is a day of 
advancement, and what would have satisfied a gentleman a few years ago 
would be insufficient today, and it therefore behooves us, if we would ki*ep up 
with the times, to have our clothing laundried in the most faultless and 
stylish manner, and this end it is necessary that we send them to a laundry 
that is in every way equijijKMl for good and fine work. 8uch a ])la( e we have 
in George F. Stevens' laundry. His machinery and appliances are of the 
newest and most improved kind. It is hardly necessary to state that the 
work done here is of the very best. A very extensive trade is the reward of 
care and skill, and our best people send their laundry work to lie done here. 
]Mr. Stevens came here in July, 1899, but previously had Ijeen engaged in the 
business for a long time. He deserves the patronage controlled by liiiii. 



-Tames E. ]\I.\rtin deals in meats of all kinds. He keeps as good a country 
market as can \h_' found anvwhere. 



Georhe Kext deals in agricultural iniiilcments. He has built \\\t a good 
liusiness in farm machinery. 




RESIDENCE OF G. FRANK LAPHAM. 



FRANK R. POPE. 

Everybody who is anybody is interested in furniture. It is a prime 
necessity in ci%'ilized life. About the first thing thought of by a newly married 
couple, is that of furnishing a home, and it is safe to say, that the same 
question, variously modified comes' up every few years in life. The chief 
question at such time is "from whom shall I buy?" In this connection we 
draw special attention to the goods handled by our townsman F. R. Pope. 
Here may be found an endless variety of office and medium grade furniture, 
parlor, hall, and bed room suites, odd and fancy single iiieces, library and 



A 




FRANK R. POPE. 

kitchen furniture, mattresses, si)rings, fancy mckcrs. in fact, furniture of 
every description, products of the l)est known manufacturers in the country. 
Besides furniture he carries an excellent Ymv of crockery, dishes, fancy 
articles, etc., all of which are sold at reasonable ]irices. 

Mr. Pope is also a funeral directnr. Hr attends to everything in connection 
with the last sad rites of the dead, and is jiartieularly en<liiwed witli those 
qualifications of sym])athy and respect I'nr tlie liereaved, wbieb have (Icme so 
much towards bespeaking for him a impnlarity. the ('(lual nf wliii li Imt few of 
his contemporaries can lay just claim tn. 

12R 



His speciiilty, hnwcvcr. is the ("iiilialiiiing of the dead, in wliich he has few 
equals and no sujieriors in this suction. He is a graduate of tlie ]Massachusetts 
College of Enilialniing and also ]iassed the examination of the New York 
State Board of Eml)alniing Examiners. His arterial process, not only arrests 
decay, hut e.xcrcises the hai)iiy facidty of retaining the facial composure as 
in life, wholly oliviating the distortion of the features so often succeeding 
riijor mortis. Mr. Pope is energetic, popular and progressive, ami conducts 
his business u]ion sound and honorahle principles. He was born in Cherry 
Creek, .January 20, ISoS, followed the occupation of farming until 1.S90, 
when he went into the undertaking business. Mr. Pope married for his first 
wife. Miss .Julia Cadwell, who died in ISSO. He married again ^liss 




B. J. GRISWOLD. 

Emma K. Carpenter, Septendicr 24, ISD.j, who died .January 24, 1900. For 
the past two years Mrs. Pope had been of valuable assistance to him in his 
business and caring for the dead. 

B. J. GRISWOLD. 

The most of the photogra]ihs for this book were made by B. J. Griswold, 
the well known photogra})her. His place of Inisiness is fitted up in an 
attractive way with all modern improvements. The high grade of his portrait 
work for finish and perfection is of the finest, ilr. Griswold is popular, and 
well known in his line of business as an expert. He was born in Ark- 
wright, this county, March lo, IS.")'.), and was married to ^Nli.ss Nellie M. 
Emerv of Cherrv Creek, Decenil)er 2"). 1S79. 



ROBERT JAMES. 

There are several hiinlware concerns in ('ln'i-rv Creek, l.mt nnne are more 
extensive in their operation, nor more favorably known to the trade, than 
the old established house of Robert James. It dates its inception to 1878, at 
which time it was established by .James & Carpenter. The next year ^Ir. 
.James purchased Mr. Carpenter's interest, which he retained until 1882, 
when he consolidated with ^I. Allen, which co-partnership existed for two 
years, since which time he has been alone. In ISOl) he erected a handsome 
two-story building 24x80 feet whic^h is well equijjped and jirovided with 
every convenience and facility for rapid conduct of the large Inisiness tran- 




ROBERT JAMES. 



sacted. The stock is^large, com|i]ete and valuable, embracing all kinds of 
heavy and shelf hardware, builders" materials, ]iaints, oils and glass; 
mechanics' tools of all kinds, in fact everything usually found in a first- 
class hardware store. Mr. James' wide ac(|U;iint;uice with various siiure<'s of 
supply, enables him to buy at tb'> Icnvest prices, aul be in turn at all times, 
quotes the lowest tei'ins tn ail |ivu'chasers. Mr. -biiiies is a gentleman of 
practical business metboils, well :ind favorably kiiuwii. lie is a native of 
this town, having been l»ini here on l'\'lii->i:ii-v 1. is.'iii. He niurried Miss 




STORE OF ROBERT JAMES. 



Adell DeLaney June 10, 1882, and win.) died June -!7, 1888. He has a 
dauuditer, Grace A. 

Mrs. G. S. Bolleh earries a full line of millinery goods. She has been in 
business four years and lias a trade to he jmiud cif. 



WiLLi.\^t Shattuck is also engaged in the meat business and a prduising 
trade is before liini. lie is a square dealer. 



No town in any part of the state has a lower tax rate than Cherry Creek. 
This is due to the economic habits of its citizens and the good management 
of its officials. 



Chekkv Creek will always be a tln'ifty village because she has the territory 
to support a village. Peijple go wliei'e there is life, and factories go where 
there ai'e people. 



LEMUEL P. "WOOD. 

Lemuel P. Wood was bom October U, 1807, in the town of Leon, Cattar- 
augus County. His father, Joseph F. ^^'ood, enHsted in 1861, and served 
in ]McClellan's army until disaljled by sickness when he was transferred to 
Carver Hospital in A\'ashin<rton, where he served as Commissary, on detached 
duty. Early in 1862 his family, consistini; of his wife, two daughters, and 
one son went to A^'ashington. The family remained there until September, 
1864. Although L. P. Wcjod was then a small boy, he still rememliers 
President Lincoln, whom he often sa\v riding a gray horse. After their return 
the familv lived in Leon, and Lemuel remained at home until Ik- reached 




LEMUEL P. WOOD. 



his'majority. He was married Deccmbi'r U), 18,s:), to iliss Jennie Curtis of 
this town and ojicned his present liusiness in February. 1887. As a boy he 
was alwavs fiinil nf hiivses, dcligbtiiii; in bi-cakiuL; and taking care nf them; 
so he became a blacksmith l)ecausc he tciok ])leasure in handling horses. 
Unlike many country blacksmiths he studied the science of the trade and as 
a result has the rejiUtatinn dl' being mie uf the scientitic slmcrs of the ccmnty, 
often using hand-turned shoes on horses with feet rccpiiring s]iecial treatment. 
The natural consequence is that he has a huge business, horses being brought 

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to him frniu a ilistiuu-,' to lie slin;l. As :ui iron wurkcr lie is skillful aii'l 
ingenious. Oflateyravs he has also liecn selling wagons anil slei,dis. The 
prosperous business which ho has huilt U]i hy his own exertion and aliility 
alone, shows that a pleasure in one's chosen work is just as iniiMirtaut an 
item of suci-i'ss in a trade as in a profession. 

ADDISON BRONSON. 

Addison Broiison, a ]iu1ilie spirited and enterprising citizen of Cherry Creek, 
is the son of Horace and Charlotte Brohson, who were early pioneers of the 
town. He was born here August 20, 1850, and has <lone uuich to henetit ami 
improve the Village. In iss; he left the farm and came to the Village and 
liuilt the Railroad House, wliich he successfully conducted for three yi'ars an<l 
sol<l the same to Hiram Lel'.arron. He then huiU a saloon and l.illiar.l room 
on Center Street, which he operated for a coujile of years and then sold it. 
He then started the livery Imsiness here, which he conducted for a number of 
years and then sold to 8. E. Young. Last year he purchased the old school 
building which he moved to land owned by him on Main Street, and is now- 
remodeling and fitting it for a, hotel, which he expects to open about June 1, 
lUOO. Mr. Bronson is an ni>right man, straight forward in his business 
dealings and stands high in the estimation of Cherry Creek's best citizens. 
He was married to ]\Iahala Dye of Villenova, Novemlier 11, 1S77. They 
have two children, Lee H., born March 2-2, 1S79, and Audrey ribaicl, born 
Mav --'7, 1898. 



or 



There is not a vacant house 
speaks well for the town. 

No MORE intelligent class of farmers 
exist than those in the town of Cherry 
Creek. Sulistantial buildings and a, 
well-to-do condition mark their thrift 
and enterprise. 



nrsincss place in Cherry Creek. This 



Th li water from the Artesian wells 
here is jilentiful for ilomcstie use, cost 
but little, pure, and is as cold as ice in 
summer and winter. 



Peksoxs desiring to engage in truck 
farming will find no 1 letter land any- 
where than in and about Cherry Creek. 



There is excellent fishing in ami 
about Cherry Creek. Trout is plen- 
tiful in most of the streams. 

There is no doubt that a lirst class 
furniture factory would make money 
here. 




ADDISON BRONSON. 



ADDISON R. SMITH. 

Prolialily frw ai'ticlcs tli;it enter into daily consuinption arc so liard to 
ol)tain for [lurity and good c|(iality as are uniceries and j]riivisi()ns. In all 
places there are estalilishnients whose reputation for selling only ]>ure and 
superior troods is well known. Among the l)est known <if the first-elass, no 
eoncern in ("lierry t'reek liears a better rejiutatinn than that nf A. R. Smith. 
He carries a large and valuahle stiiek of stajile and fancy groceries and pro- 
visions of all kinds, making a specialty of choice teas, coffees and spices, and 
likewise dealing in hermitically sealed g<iiids in tin ami glass, also foreign 
and domestic delicacies, butter, cheese, and everything jiertaining to tliis line 
of trade. A special feature is made of flour in "24 ditferent lirands and ten 




ADDISON R. SMITH. 



grades, which is kept in ami)le quantities at low prices. He carries a full 
line of shoCvS, comprising all the best makes at jioiiular jirices. Mr. Smith is 
an energetic, progressive, and liunorahle, and has acquired a large patronage 
among which he is highly respected. He is one of those practical, saga- 
cious, enterprising business men who constitute a very Avelconie and important 
facter in the material welfare and progress of a ci immunity, and Cherry Creek 
is fortunate in possessing such a man. Mr. Smith is a man who has seen con- 

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sidi'i-able (if till' wcirlil: he was liorii in ('ra\vfi)nl Cdunty, Pa., Xnvember 10, 
1S5<S. In 1S79 he en.aa.m'il in the oil liusiness at Bradford, Pa. In 18S1 
he graduated from Dutt"s Business Colleji-e at Pittslmri;-, Pa., and for a year 
or two thereafter he kept liooks. In L^So he went to Colorado where he sold 
fruit trees, dealt in real estate, prospected, etc. He has dealt extensively 
in the fruit tree business, having worked the West, Mexico, and the M'est 
Indies. He was in Cuba during the Auieriean-Spanisli war. He has made 
several trips to the AA'est Indies and the South American Republics; and has 
seen consideraltle of the country. He purchased his present ]irosiierous Imsi- 
ness in November, 1899. Mr. Smith was married to Miss May Smith of 
Hollev Beach, X. •!., .lanuary 31, 1889. 



TuK choirs of our several churches arc composed <if nur most devoted and 
enthnsiastic singers, who not only furnish a high grade of music at the Sunday 
services but are doing much to stimulate an interest in music. 



CitEKEY Crkek, like all villages, has had its jieriods of prosiierity and 
adversitv; but without question never during its existence has it been so 
prosperons as at the prcsc^ut time. 







STORE OF A. R. SMITH. 





G. S. BOLLER. 



( 'hony Creek has acqiiirefl <iuite a reputation as a bicycle town and it is 
doul)tless a fact that thci'e is not anotlier \'illai;e of the same po])ulation in the 
conntrv where so many hicyclcs ■.Wf owneil and used as liere. This is douht- 
less accounted for to some extent l:)y our jiood roads and level streets. It is 
also in evidence that one of the hicycles that takes the front rank is the 
"Boiler Special" manufactured hy I'xiller Uros. After nine years of success- 
ful business in the bicycle line their wheels have created sucli a demand tliat 
it has become necessary in order to supi)ly the demand to enlarge their builil- 
ing and put in additional machinery. The factory is locateil at (lowanda and 
they make this place their leading agency. Their lines for lUOO consist of 
five models: their medium priced wheel sells forS'io; high grade or made 
to order at $4 n. ^Ir. Boiler is also agent for the Crescent, Kanibler and 
several well known makes. He makes a specialty (.)f rejiairing, where he lias 
connnodious (juarters on Main Street. Mr. Boiler was l)orn at (4o\\anda, 
August 31, 1S70. He was educated at tile (lowanda Academy after which 
he learned the printer's trade in every dejiai-tment of .John .1. Horton. tlie 
well known show printer. He worked at his trade in Cleveland, and was on 
the Cherry Creek Xews for six years. He started his present prosiicnms Ijiisi- 
ness here in IS'.IO. He married ^liss Ada 
B. Morian February 2, ISiKi They have 
one daughter, Edith B. HP '^'' 



X LEcTCHE course is maintained m 
Cherrv ('reek every winter. 



The mo.st striking evidence oT the pros- 
perity of Cherry Creek is the lai'k of 
vacant houses. 





HARRY N. SHEPARD. 




STORE AND RESIDENCE OF HARRY N. SHEPARD. 



HARRY N. SHEPARD. 

The vast variety of iini)lenieiitri and arti(-k's that are classed under the term, 
general hardware, renders the trade of greatest importance in every com- 
miinity. A prominent and representative house engaged in this liranch of 
trade in Cherry Creek, deserving a more than jxissing mention, and main- 
taining an excellent reputation for handling the best class of goods, and for 
reliahle, straightforward dealings, is that of Harry X. Shepard. The premises 
utilized are of am|)le dimensions, comjiactly arranged, and very neatly 
appointed, having every facility at hand for the successful pmsccution of the 
trade. The stock carried partakes of as useful a character as to claim partic- 
ular attention and general patronage. It embraces ever^^hing known to the 
trade under the name general hardware, such as stoves, ranges, farm and 
garden implements, five and ten cent goods, in fact, everything usually found 
in complete establishments of this kind. 

^Ir. Shepard was born in Albany, X. Y. , May ol, IS.'U. He went in a 
woolen mill M'lien a l)oy of twelve and worked in the carding room for twelve 
vears. In IMio he commenced working f(_)r tlie A\'avnc Countv Prcservintr 
Co. and has made that his business ever since up to a year ago when he came 
here and bought the hardware liusiness from his brother, Charles 8. Shepard, 
and is now located in the oldest l)usiness block in Cherry Creek, keeping a 
general hardware store. He enlisted in Camden, Oneida County, this State, 
in 1861, in the 93rd X'. Y. V. Co, B., and was appointed 2nd Sergeant and 
served in that capacity two years. He bek)ngs to Bullock Post Xo. 304, 
Department of X"ew York G. A. R. After lea^-ing United States ser\-ice he 
served seven years in the Xew York State Militia. He is polite, pleasant 
and an enterprising business man, prompt and reliable and highly res]3ected 
l)y his fellow citizens. Since the above was written ]Mr. Shepard has sold out 
his business to Robert James and C. H. Delamater. 




RESIDENCE AND LIVERY OF S. E. YOUNG. 

136 



SAMUEL E. YOUNG. 

Tlic livory, Inis-linc an.U-arting, like tho man wlm conducts the liusiness 
aiv in 111.' fullest sense iMij-ular and suecessful. Tiw man who for years has 
to cl.i with the i>ulilie in the eaiia<-ity of jiriividinn- p,.,.],le with horses, 
carriaiies, and their respeetive uses, eanie to enjoy the confidence and respect 
in such measure as it is ditticult to e<jntr(jl in almost any other business. It 
is said of S. E. Yountr that perfect confidenee is always placed in him, and 
in his horses sent out from his well equipped establishment. He possesses 
a lutsincss shrewdness and is careful and alert to the smallest <letail. No 
stable anywhere can he more conqilete f<ir ]>u\>\[r cdnvenience than his. 




SAMUEL E. YOUNG. 

Included in the e(iuipment of the trade are all kinds of turnouts, both for 
business and for pleasure purposes. :\Ir. Young is poi^ular and ^^•ell known 
for his business integrity, energy and success. He was 1 » irn in Arkwright, 
this county, March 17, 1861, and is a son of John II. Young, who was for 
years Postmaster at Burnhams, this county. He has been in the livery 
business most of the time since he was fifteen years of age and has a thorough 
knowledge of its minutest details. He came to Cherry Creek from Forest- 
%dlle April 8, 189.5. :Mr. Young was married to Miss :Mattie Rolph, of Stock 
ton, .Tune 12, 1884. 



LEWIS R MASTER. 

Lewis E. Master was bom in W'aterlou rdiinty, Canada, west, on Novem- 
ber 3, 1S42. He came to Cheny Creek in ^Nlay, ISSO, where he has since 
resided. His occupation is that of house, sign, and carriage painter. He 
became a citizen of the United States in 1882, since which time he has held 
several jiubHi- oftices of trust. For 18 months he was a trusted clerk in the 
Postofifice. He has collected the cemetery tax for five successive years, the 
corporation tax for three years; the school tax for four years; "has been 
attendance officer for three years. He was the tlrst police officer appointed 
when the \'illage was inc(irporate<l, and lias held that oifice ever since, 
excejit fur tw.i years. lie is a very faithful pubUe (itlieial. ever fearless in 




on .Maple 

lis liandi- 

lii house 



LEWIS E. MASTER, 

Police Cott stable. 

the discharge of known duty. He has a very eniiif,,i-tal)le home. 
Avenue, one of the best located streets in the village. .Some of 
work is shown on the front of no^arly every business jilace in town, 
work he is known as an "inside man" and is a first-class workman, while 
for carriage painting he has Init few eipials. He is a memlier of the Odd 
Fellows Lodge with the rank of Past Grand, also a member of the A. 0. U. 
W.. of which he is Master, which office he has held for five successive terms. 
Mr. Master is always ready to do afl he can for the benefit and advaiicement 
of the Village. 



DuRiXG all the dull times not a business failure has been reported from 
Cherrv Creek. 



Chekry Creek is in need 
bring good returns. 



bouses. Capital thus investi'd would 







DR. CHAS. A. SHEPARD'S DRUG STORE. 



It occurs in writing the hiisiness lii.-;t(>rv of the villaire, that we come in con- 
tact with some ostahlishments whose phenomenal success cause wonderment 
but when the cause is examined, it is usually found to l)e due to the fact that 
the proprietor undei^stands his l)usiness, its resources, its laliarvnths and its 
artifice. Apropros of the above remarks, is the drug store of Dr. Charles A. 
Shepard. The premises occupied are commodious, neat and well apjiointed. 
The store is elesrantly fitted \\\~) with hard wood fixtures, plate glass show 
cases while the front is adorned with a handsome soda water fountain, where 
ice cream, soda water, and other summer drinks are in constant demand and 
are supjdied during the season. A full line of drugs and chemicals are here 
carried, also everything in the line of druggists sundries, toilet articles, patent 
medicines, etc. The laborat(irv is under the supervision of ]\Ir. A. M. 
French, a registered ])harmacist, who fills orders and dispenses medicines 
with rare tact, accuracy and skill. 

This establishment is doing a splendid Ijusiness and is justly regarded as 
one of the best equipped and most modem and up-to-date drug stores in this 
section. It would be a credit to anv citv. 






SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURALISTS. 



^11 1'] dairy liiisines8 in conncctidn witli fariiiinu- luis assuiiU'd nianiindth 
|ii-ii|i(ii-tiiins in A\'est(n'n New York, ami riicrrv Creek in jiarticular 
lias l)ee(_)nie noted for its dairy |)roduets. Among the leadinir pro- 
ducers of this class in this town is Jerome B. Hhattnck, who was 
Ixirn here ilay '27. lx4\. His grandfather, Pliny Hhattuek, was one 
of the first st'ttler of the t<iwn. Mr. Shattuck was hroULcht uji nn the farm, 



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^ 




JEROME B. SHATTUCK. 



and, like many of our country's hest men, was educated in the common 
schools. When he attained manhood he continued to do farm work, and is 
now the ownt-r of 17" acres (]f Well ini|ii'(iveil laud, located ahout two miles 
west of the village, and upon it he jjasturo's a tine herd of (Hi cows, from the 
milk of which he makes and jirepare for market a su]ierior (luality of hutter. 
At the \\'orld's Fair in the liutter exliiliit his liutter scored !IS iioints out of 




RESIDENCE OF I. B. SHATTUCK. 

a possible ion. He has hangiusi- upun the walls of his home a handsome 
diploma granted him liy the World's Fair Cominissioners, on account of his 
exhibit of excellent make of liuttcr. His Vmtter is all jiut up in crocks 
whieh he jan-chases in car lots. He makes winter dairying a specialty. 
Mr. Sliattuck is up-to-date and thoroughly progressive; he was the first to 
introduce the silo in this section as well as the first milk separator; his liarns 
are sujiplied with all modern imin-ovements and conveniences. He farms 
it to pay and to make money which he does. 

He was married to Miss Aurilla King, Sei)teml)er 7, l.S(;2. Their union 




BARN OF J. B. SHATTUCK. 



has liet'u Jilcsseil with four sons and two daiightpr.s. Mr. .Shatturk is a 
member of the Masonie ordrr. and is active in the i)olitics of his town. He 
lielontrs to the Ile]iuV)Hean party, and lias servi'il as assessor and overseer of the 
]io(ir I'or many years. He is a leading citizen, ami has the resjject of all his 
acquaintances. 

HIRAM W. COOKlNGHAM. 

11. \\'.' ('(Mikinuhani, a well-to-do and conifortaMy situated farmer of the 
town ofj Cherry Creek, was liorn in Kingston, Ulster Countv, X. Y.. Fehruary 
28, ISol. He was a son of Richard and Sylinda (Smith) Cookingham. His 
paternargrandfathcr was a iiati\c of (l<'rnian\-. and f.ai'K- in IS(ll) came to this 




HIRAM W. COOKlNGHAM. 

country settling in this state. When five years of age Mr. Cookingham 
moved with his jiarents from King.ston to this county, settUng near Smith 
jNIills. In 1845 he moved from Hanover to PZvans, with his parents; seven 
years thereafter he returned to Smith Mills: in 1855 h(> went to Brant, where 
he ]>urchased a farm, which he tilled for two years, selling it and removing 
to Mllenova. In 1S57 he moved from ^'illenova to Hanover, -where he 
purchased a farm : two years thereafter he sold it and removed to Evans. 
From Evans he went to Angola where he remained for three years and from 
there to Cottage in 18(58. He moved from Cottage to Cherry Creek in 
October, 18(')7, ami ]iu)vliascil the (iriswold farm, now occujiieil by 11. C. 

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Martin. Since which time lie has owned a number (if fai'ms in this locality. 
One of Mr. Cookindiam's ways of makini;- money was to ]nnThase a farm, 
iiiilirnvc it and sell at a |iri)tit wliirh he invarialily <li(l. In lS7"i he m(i\'eil 
to the Village and emliarki'd in the dry goods and grocery business 
which he successfully conducted fur tlu'ce years and sold to Clark Smith; 
siiiin thereafter he went into the grocery Imsiness, wliich \'()catiiin he fiill(i\vcd 
for one year then sold to J. C. Berry. He then purchased a farm and soon 
thereafter another farm and now he owns 115 acres of as good farm land as 
there is in town. He gives the necessary attention In liis farms tn keep tlicm 
well imi)roved and in good state of cultivation. One place of 15 acres which 
lies within the corjiorate limits of the ^'illagc, is well adajited to farming 
anil fruit raising and is very productive under his i-areful miniagemcnt. Mr. 
Cookinghani was the first man to lie drafted in Erie County, hut was not 
aece]ited on account of his weight. Previous to that date all had heen 
v<iluntccrs. His has been a l)nsy, useful life. He and his son, Frank, are 
extensive lireeders of thoroughlired Ayrshire cattle. They were the first to 
introduce this particular breed in this locality, and for many years have 
exhibited them at Cciunty and Town fairs in Western Xtnv York and Xnrth- 
western Pennsylvania, capturing many iiremiums. 

Mr. Cookingiiam was married to ^liss Hlioda A. drover of Evans Jannarv 
1, 1852, who died ^V]iril 'I'K 1>>I)7. To tlicm were born two cliildrcn, Frank 
H., born June 8, 1854, and Addie, wife of Chaunccy Abbey, born August 
25, 1858. He marreid for his eseond wife, Miss Lydia B. Grover, a si-hool 
teacher, who had taught 2(] terms of sdiool. August 1, FStiT. 

Mr. Cookinghani is a Republican, a mendier of the First Baptist Church, 
an enterprising farmer, goorl citizen and a courteous gentleman. 





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RESIDENCE OF HIRAM W. COOKINGHAM. 

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FRANK H. COOKINGHAM. 

Frank H. Cookinghain ci)inl)ines inodLTii farniinfr with the inipdrtant 
adjunct of dairying; and stock raising, and sets an exaniiile worthy of emula- 
tion liv otlier agriculturists. He is a son of Hiram W. and I'linda Cooking- 
ham, horn in the tt)\vn of Brant, Erie County, this state, June 8, 1854. 
He came to Cherry Creek with his father in Octolier, 1867, where he has 
since resided. He was educated in the common schools and in early life 
lieiran active lahors on the farm. He now owns 150 acres of good land upon 
wliich he keeps a dairy of 75 head. In 1880 in eomj^any with his father 




FRANK H. COOKINGHAM. 

thev brought the first thoroughhred Ayshire cattle to this locality ; since which 
time they have made a specialty of breeding them. "\Mie never "Ayshire" 
is mentioned in "Western Ne'\\' York the name of Cookingham is prominently 
connected. Chautauijua County is known far and wide for the excellence of 
its dairy products, and the "Maple How Stock Farm," the home of the 
Cookinghams, has added much to its reputation, both for dairy goods and 
fine stock. For the past twenty yeears their herd has been well represented 
at all the in-ominent fairs, and won their share of the prizes; they have over 
200 first ]n'ize ribl)ons, which have brought them many dollars. Besides stock 
raising and dairying ^Ir. Cookingham gives considerable attention to fruit 

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RESIDENCE OF FRANK H. COOKINGHAM. 

raising in liearing years an average of from s, 000 to 1U,U(JU bushels of apples 
are riased by them. In religion he is, as is also his wife a member of the 
Bajttist i-hnreh, in whieh he has been a deacon, and a trustee for many years. 
Politieally he is a Republican and has been assessor for a number of terms; 
he is also a member of the Grange. ^Ir. C'ookingham is a thorough enterj^ris- 
ing, i>rogressive farmer, always kind and cdnsiderate. He is regarded as 




BARN OF FRANK H. COOKINGHAM. 

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honest, straightforward and one of the foremost eitizens of the town. He was 
married to ^^liss XeUie J. Ahiatt of Cherry Creek Feljruary 10, 187ti. To 
them were liorn five daughters as follows: Ada R., born March 25, 1877; 
Lizzie J., horn March 5, 1879; Grace :\I.. Imrn May 13, 1886; Myrtle N., 
horn September 23, 1891, and Mary G., July lU, 1S94. 

JAMES G. CHAMPLIN. 

James G. Champlin, a highly mi)ral and enterprising citizen of Cherry 
Creek was born here August Kl. I.s.'i4. and is a son of Jesse B. and Marinda 
(Crandall) Champlin. His father was a higldy respected citizen of the town. 




JAMES G. CHAMPLIN AND FAMILY. 



James G. CJiamiJin was rcaivd in the town of Cherry Creek, was educated in 
the district schunl. and in 1877 \\r i>urchased and moved ui)on the farm which 
he n(]\v possesses, containing 75 acres. IIi> pi-imipal business is stock raising, 
making a specialty of sheep. He is alsn extensively engaged in the manu- 
facture of maple sugar and syrup. He tajjs annually 500 trees from which he 
makes 300 cans of excellent syru]i, besides some in cakes. ]\Ir. ClKUiqiliu 
has achieved an enviable rei)Xitation for his make of pure syru]) and sugar. 
His sugar always commands the highest market ]irice, for its ])urity and fiavor 
is unsurpassed. ^Ir. Champlin has all modrni utensils, mostly of his own 
design for sugar making. Hi' is a mndel uji-tn-date farmer and has manv 
tools and devices aVwut his jilace that those now engaged in agricultural 
])Ursuits would do well tu ins])ect. Mr. (hamplin is a man whose cliaractcr 
is beyond reproach and who is usually ]iulilic spirited and enterprising. Any 
movement towards the imjirovement of the masses or the alleviation of suJfer- 




RESIDENCE AND BARN OF J. G. CHAMPLIN. 

ings of man kind is 8Ui'e tn roc-eive liis warm and cordial su|i|inrt. He wais 
married to ]\Ii!<s Nellie A. Aliliey, dang-hter of John Alil)ey, in March, ISTi;. 
They have an adopted daughter, Essee. 







PROMISING YOUNG MEN. 



T'liDETTE PHILLIPS, i^econd s.m uf William I. and L..uriu.la R. 

Q-^^ Pliillips, was born Auji'ust 25, ISJc;, in the town lA C'lKTiy L'reek, 

■^ 1 \vhere his boyhood was passed upon the farm, his early education 

was obtained at the common school, supplemented liv attendance at 

the Elhngton Academy, f>;raduatin!i from that institution, with 

lonor in a class of eight, June, 1^94. Entered the Fredimia State Normal 




PROF. BURDETTE PHILLIPS. 



the same year, graduating in the classical course .June, 1^97 — was president 
of the Epsilon Chapter of the Philolethean Society, spring of (97). Has held 
the position of superintendent and princijial of the High School at Allegany, 
Cattaraugus County, N. Y. , during the three jiast years with marked success. 
He has ever sliowu tireless energy in his work as a student and instructor, is- 
an incessant student, Lnfted with clear mind, a never failiiii;' mi'morv, and a 



remarkahle coniniand of lanfiuatie, toijether with the possession of great 
personal magnetism, we feel assin'e(l that he will attain success in the pro- 
fession he makes his life work. 

"The heights by great men reached and kc]it 

"\A'ere not attained by sudden' flight, 
But they while their ('omiianions slept, 
^^'ere toiling U])ward in the night." 

— Longfellow. 
Ellington, N. Y., iMareh 1, liioi). Mrs. James Brooks. 




EARL J. HELMICK. 

Earl -J. Helmiek, one of the brightest and promising young men of Cherry 
Creek, was born in Ellington, Chautauqua County, February 16, 1876. He 
was educated at the Ellington High School and the Fredonia State Normal 
School. Mr. Helmiek began teaching when 17 years of age and has taught 
ever since, excepting two years while in Fredonia. ilr. Helmiek is well 
informed on current matters and deeply read in many Ijranehes of literature. 
In politics he is a Democrat ; when 23 years of age he was his ]iai1y's nominee 
for supervisor and ran many votes ahead of his ticket. ^Ir. Helmiek is a 
gentleman of commanding appearance, fine dress and comprehensive intellei-t; 
socially he is a favorite and entertaining. At present he is studyini;; for a 
lawver in the office of K. A. Hall, and has a Ijright future. 



PROF. LOUIS E. BOUTWELL. 

The sul)ject of this sketch is one of the bright and intelligent young nun of 
the Village of Cherry Creek that has gone forth as a representative of the place. 
Mr. Boutwell's ancestors came from Cornwell, England, to 8alem in IGI^O. 
His grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary Army and his father was 
a veteran of the Civil \V:\v. Prof. Bnutwell was horn on the farm now owned 
l)y his father in this tii\\n, Xcivcmlier 11, l.S(59. His school rcmrd is suh- 
stantially as follows: He attcudcMl the Clu^rrv Creek school and uni(hiatcd 
from the Elementary Course in is'.io. He completed the Classical Normal 
Course in Fredonia in 1894, with French and German in addition to the 
regular W(ii-k. He also has a diplunia from the University of the State of 




PROF. LOUIS E. BOUTWELL, 



New York, conmionly known as the Regents. He was granted tlie degree of 
Ph. B. hy the Fenton Normal College in .January, 1900. Prof. Bout well 
began teaching imnu'diately after graduating from the Normal School and 
taught ten weeks at Conewango \'alley. After teaching for a time as suj)i)lv 
at Eden, N. Y. . he was elected jirincijjal of the same school hi 1<S9.5, and had 
for an assistant Mrs. linutwell, who before marriage was ]Miss Cora A\"arner 
of Johnsonvillc. X. '\'. Both have taught iMintinuously in the same school to 
the present time. P)y tlie efforts of Prof. Boutwell the school was made a 
Union School in 1.S97. The school with which he is connected emjiloys six 



teat'hers — increasod froiii twn in 1894 — and has more than cldiiMcil its capacity 
and attendance, solely througli the efforts of Mr. Boutwell. 

Mr. Boutwell has ])een ])resident of the Erie County Teachers' Association 
for two years, and was a prominent candidate for school commissioner in his 
district. He was elected President of the Zctesian and other societies, and 
was President of the Board of Business jNIanasement of the Xormnl Leader 
from its organiaztion to the time nl' liis graduation. He has also licen Presi- 
dent of the Choral Union, the .\(hl<'lic ('lull, and the Shakespearian Cluli of 
Ivlcu. Mr. Boutwell is a uicmhci- nf Cherrv Creek Lodu-e, I. 0. OF., and 




NATHAN CLAIR GILLETTE. 

alsii a nicnilier of the F.l^ A. ^I., and he is a memlier nf Eureka Tent, K. 
(). T. .^L at Eden. 

As evidence of the fact that I'rof. IJdUtwell is a student and livnad reader 
his lilirary contains more than I.IKKI viiluiues at the present time. He is 
every ready to give aid and sympathy t(.i worthy hoys and girls who are seek- 
ing to l)etter their chances in life. He has written many articels, historical 
and gi'ological, which liavc heen widely pulilishcd in various news]ia]iers and 
periodicals. There is hut little douht that Pmf. Pxiutwell's name in time U> 
come will he written high uj) in fame's recortl. 

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One of the bright young men of Cherry Creek is Clair Gillette. Personally 
he is a pleasant person to meet and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the 
entire community. He was Ijorn here September 27, 1873, and received his 
education here and at the Fredonia Normal School. In 1888 he began clerking 
for G. W. Brown, which position he successfully filled for seven years, when 
he accepted a similar i)0sitii)n fur (t. (). Wilcox, where he remained for two 
years. He is now head salesman for tlie well known and pojiular grocery 
estal>lishment of A. R. Smith. To his sterling integrity and warm generous 
nature are due his success in life. He was married Noveml)er 15, liSSIU, to 
Miss Flora Pultz of Little Vallev. 



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FRANK H. MATTESON. 

Another young man that left Cherry Creek tn l>attle with life for himself is 
Frank II. Matteson, the suliject of this sketi'h. He \\as l)orn in the town of 
Cherry Creek, June 24, 186.5, and he has been a hustler since the day of his 
birth. At the present time he is in liusiness in the city of Buffalo, but his 
mind, heart, and sympathy is witli Cherry Creek. He is a Imsiness man 
and does business on Ijusiness princii)lcs. His father, as well as himself, are 
the owners of large landed interests in the city of Butfalo, and Mr. ]Mattesou 
is engaged mi)st of his time in looking after it. He is careful, iirudent, and a 
close financier. He has the confidence, respect, and esteem of all who know 
liim at liome and abmad. 

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HON. GEORGE H. FROST. 




EOlidE H. FROST is the sciund son of George N. and Jane M. 

Frost, ami a srrandsoii of the pitmeer, George H. Frost. He 

was lioni in Cherry Creek, Deceiii})er 15, 1850, and continued 

to live here, with the exception of a short interval while 

teaching in the Village of Keinicdy and reading law in the 

oiSce of John G. Record of Forestville, X. Y., initil he moved to Buffalo, in 

Novemlier, 1889. He was reared on his father's farm, attended district 

school, Ellington Union School, .Tanicstown T'nion School, taught school, 




HON. GEORGE H. FROST. 

read law, aihiiitted to the liar and coinnienecMl and continued the practice of 
his profession in his native town until his removal to Rutt'alo for a hroader 
field. He was a member of the Assemhly, representing tlie Second District 
of Chautau(iua County in the years IS.s; and 1SS8. In March, 1888, he was 
appointed a meml)er of Assembly Connnittee of five to ascertain and report 
the social, moral and industrial (iondition of the several tribes of Indians 
in the State. The committee made an exhaustive report to the Assembly 
•January 31, 1889, which is the standard of authority on sulijects considered. 
In 1889 he married Helen ]M. Perrin of Dayton, X'. Y. Hi' is now actively 
engaged in the practice of his profession at Butl'alo, X. "l". 



GEORGE O. WILCOX. 

A person who has done much for Cherry Creek is George 0. ^^'ik•ox, who 
was born in the town of Charlotte, this county, May 29, 1854. He was 
brought up on a farm, educated in the common schools, and came to Cherry 
Creek in ]March, ISSo. He purchased the stock of goods of R. N. Tanner, 
in what was then known as the Brigham l>lock, a small store 23x30, and 
enjoyed a good trade from the opening. The next fall he took a partner in 
the person of B. B. Simmons of Charlotte, who retired the next year. In 
1887 he erected the c'ommodious residence which he now occu]>ies,' located on 
one of the most iileasant streets of the village — nearly ojiposite the Union 
Free School building. In 188S ^Ir. Wilcox in company with I. S. Benton 
built the Wilci.ix-Benton l)lock, which was burned August 15, 1889, and 
innnediatelv relmilt. It is now unc df the liest and busiest blocks in the 




GEORGE O. WILCOX. 

Village. -Mr. Wilcox is a very iiulilic-s]iirited citizen. He was instnuncntal 
in locating the tirst newspajier here, was an ardent sujipnrter nf incurpdi'ation 
and did nmch to secure our present elegant schocjl building. Mr. Wilcox 
has belli several important offices of trust. He has served as trustee of the 
Village and is at i)resent Justice of tlic Peace. On August 15, 1<S'.)!), he sold 
his stock of goods to C. L. Frost. Mr. W'ilinx was married to Lizzie J. Todd 
of Charlemont, Mass., December 21, 1^70. She died March 20, 1879. One 
daughter came to bless their union, Edna M., who died February 26, 1882. 
Mr. \\'ilcox married for his second wife. .Mmyra L. Hartley of ^^'oodstock, 
N. B., January 12, 1880. To them have been born three children as follows: 
Lizzie M., born March 9, 1SS2. who married S. C. Bentley, February 28, 
l.SDU, now residing at Si-'^tervillc. W. \'. ; Essie L., born April 7, 1884, and 
George H., born .July 21. issi;. 



PETER L. DECKER. 



l\'tor L. Decker was linrn in the town of \'illc'nnv,-i, this county, in 1S52. 
At une year of ago he nmvrd witli his ])avcnts tn ;i fMVui two miles north of this 
Village, where he residnl mitil IS'.lt. 
when he moved to the villaire. As a 
farmer lie was strictly up-to-ilate, was a 
memher of the State Fair Association, 
anil he liouiiht ami sliijuieil stock ex- 
tensively, lie was the travclini: reprc- 
sentati\'c of the International Seed Co. 
of Rochester, for a vear or more when 
he resigned to accejit a like i>osition 
with the Carey Safe Co., of Biitfalo, 
whose faithful representative he now is. 
He travels extensively through the 
South and West and is one of their 
most valued salesmen. Mr. Decker is 
pulilic spirited and always reaily to aid 
any enterprise that will helji his home 
town. He is married and lias one daugh- 
ter, Floy. PETER L. DECKER. 




EDWIN C. BENTLEY. 

The name of Bentley has ever been iirominent in Cheriy Creek as pioneer, 
surveyor, and the man who gave the t(jwn its name. Our suliject, Edwin 
C. Bentley, has the honor and pleasure of tracing his lineage to this historical 
family. He is a son of Alexander and Jane (Cowan) Bentley, and was born 
February ■"), lS4i). His grandfather, Joshua Bentley, Jr., came from Step- 

hentown, Rensselaer County, this state, 
to l{:ilcry in ISOS, and thence to 
Cherry Creek, September 1, 181."). He 
was one of the corjis of surveyors 
that ran the lines in this part of the 
enmity ]irevious to its settlement. It 
was he also who gave the town its 
name. .Mr. Bentley (subject) is an 
engineer, which vocation he now follows, 
is foreman of the Engine Co., which 
jiosition he has held for a numljer of 
years. lie was married to Miss Emma 
11. (li'iswold, June IS, ISTG. They 
have one son, Cyrus A. 

EDWIN C. BENTLEY. 




Cheury Cukek is a social Village and a chun 
to bring up a boy or a girl. 

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and 



Z CARPENTER. 

Z Carpenter \vn< hurn in the town of Cherry Creek, May 13, 1847. For 
quite a period ^Ir. Carjienter was interested in eheese factory's with his 
father; and afterwards was enpiged in the hardware husiness. For a number 
of years he was a traveling salesman, which business he is now successfully 
engaged in. He has traveled extensively through the South and West and 
has a wide acquaintance. He has Ijeen Justice of the Peace of his native town 
and has held numerous i)Ositions of honor and trust. At ]iresent Mr. Carpen- 
ter is a resident of (iowanda, where is ^\■ife carries on a rnillinerv business. 



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Z CARPENTER. 



Mr. Car])enter married Miss Francis J. Bailey in l.S(3i), and to them have been 
born finu' children. Hcrliert and Carrie died in infancy: ^largaret is a gradu- 
ate of the State Norinnl School at Fredonia, and is a very successful teacher, 
now teaching at Little \'all('y : ]*]va, the youngest daughter, is now attending 
the High School at (iowanda. On the whole Mr. Carpenter's life has been a 
busy one. 

This place is untioulilrd by a leisure class. 



The stores of Cherry Creek are attraetive in aiijiearance and progressive m 
management. 



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BIOGRAPHY. 



C. 1>. WHEELER, as imich as any ntlici- nt our citizens, represents the 
lumbering interests of Cherrv Creek. For five or six years previous 
to 1SS4, he joliliecl in hnnlier, until the Cunil)erland Mill Co. was 
organized, of whivh he was the secretary and general manager, and 
did an extensive business for years. 'S]v. Wheeler's efforts have not been 




MRS. C. L. WHEELER. 



confined to lumljering alone, for he is cl(jsely identified in the business and 
finaneial interests of the town, and is also a large owner of real estate. He 
has been a prime mover in most of our public' improvements and in the estab- 
lishment of numerous business enterprises. Largely through his efforts and 
lal)ors the appropriation for draining the Conewango Swamp was secured. 
The entanglement the town was in, brought about liy its lionds, was unraveled 



by him and satisfactonly arranjieil. Tn this light he can be considered a 
pubUc benefactor. He is a liberal cdntributor to almost every local cause. 
Bnt outside of l)\isiness affairs Mr. W'liccler has attained an enviable promi- 
nenee in the field of politics. At present he is Postmaster of the Senate at 
All)any. He has been Supervisor of the town since 1X9(5, and has discharLred 
the duties of that dlfice to his eiinstituents in a most houdrable and (aHMlitahle 
manner. ^Ir. AMieeler has taken an active interest in political work, always 
figuring as a consistent and Tmcompronnsing Republican. He is eminently 
a self-maile man, and likr all sui'li men in the battle of life lie is absolutely 
without fear of consecjuences and will go to great lengths to assist or defend 
a friend, if he lielieves it to be right. 

To 1 lis foes he presents an uncompromising front, and his fricmls always 
know wliere "Let" Wheeli'r stands, conse(jucntly also know exactly wlu're to 
find him. His stoi'ling integrity, his just care for all interests connnittcd to 
him liave niaile liim deservedly populai-. Mr. W'herlcr was born in tliis 
town, Deceml.)er 8, 1852, and was niarricd to Miss Hannah Arnold, November 
21, 1878. 

MRS. C. L. WHEELER. 

This laily is the wife of tiie supervisor of the town. She is a cultured, 
refined, and intelligent woman of pirepossessing appearance. She is ever ready 
to relieve the distressed anil aid those in nerd. Her (Tu-istian charactrr ami 
virtues make her a wonian that others might well emulate. She was mai-ricd 
to Mr. Wheeler, Novcmlur :.M, bS78. Two children have been born |o them 
—Clyde L., December liii, ISTD, and Mary, January 31, 1885. 

RICHARD C. BULLOCK. 

A son of licubcn A. and Nancy (Dciun-e) lUdlock. Avas bom February 10, 
1847, in Cherry Creek. When only a boy of 17 he enlisted in the army 
January 5, 1864, in Co. K, Oth N. V.. Vol. Cav., 2nd brigade, 1st Div. 
Slici'idans Cav. C, and in due tinir was ])romoted to coriioral. .lunc \,. 
isi;4. he was injured near City Point by a horse falling on him. From July 
;] until Septemlier 1 he was confined in the hospital at City Point and in the 
Citizens' Hospital at New York City: returnhig to his regiment he ]iarticii>ated 
in the famous Shenandoah Camiwign. The following are his battles: Wilder- 
ness, S])ottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Yellow Tavern, Travillion Station, Cedar 
Creek, I'ctersliurg and < )lil Cliurcb, rerciving his discharge July 17, ISlio, at 
Clouds Mills, Va. Again on F<'hruary 27, 1867, Mr. Bullock enlisted at 
Fondulac, Wis., in Co. ('., -".rd V. S. Heg. Inf., and following the fortunes of 
that regiment imti I FcKi'uai-y 25. IS70, receiving his disi-liarge at Ft. Larned, 
K:\. ^Ir. liuUcK'k once more returned home and resume(l his peaceful farm 
life. The lady whom he chose as his companion for life's journey was Ennna 
P.rown, the dallglitei- of llorace and bydia ( ^lyres) llrown. his wife. Tliey 
were married January 5, b'^71. at Cherry Creek. .Mr. Bullock was born 
December 25, 1852. in Cherry Creek. Four children were given to this union, 
Arilen 1... lilanehe .\. i deceased), Berniee F., ami Lawrence A. 

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Mr. Bullock is (inc of the inlhicntial :ind trusted meu of the town, lie luis 
heen Justice of the Peace, and is now commissioner of the C'onewango Swamp 
Drainage, and l'<istniaster. 

ANDREW J. ARNOLD. 

The sul)jcct of this sktech was horn in Otsego County, New York, Hcccnilicr 
1, 1828, and was a son of Andrew iVi'iiold, who came to Cherry Creek in 
1840. For a good many years he worked for .Jose]>li Kent in th(> grist mill. 
After a time he purchased a, farm of !)(> acres, which he gave to his daughter, 
Mrs. C. L. Wheeler. This farm was afterward sold to Dr. Rood. In ISDl 




ANDREW J. ARNOLD. 

he moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, whia-e he now resides, a respox'ted and 
honored citizen. A\diilc Mi-. .Vniold li\rd in Chei'ry Creek he was a re]iresen- 
tative citizen, honest in his di^alings, failliftd to his friends, and couruge(.>us 
in his convictions. He was married in I'hodic M. Kent, daughter of the late 
George Kent, May I'T, ISoll. His wife died June 1(3, 1885. The offsjiring 
of this imi(;in was one child, Hannah D., horn Octoher 24, 18.")7. 



Cherry Creek is just the |ilacc to live an<l t" work in. 



SAMUEL A. FERRIN. 

There is probably no one man who has done more for Cherry Creek or 
whose successful life has been attended with so good a record, as that of 
Samuel A. Ferrin. He was bom here February 5, 1837, raised on a farm, 
and knew nothing but hard laljor. He enlisted in Co. C. , New York Vols. , 
August 11, 1862, and served for three years. At the seige of Petersburg he 
received a gunshot wound in the right thigh. He has serv^ed Cherry Creek 
as Supervisor for twelve years, and has held other town offices of trast. He 
has always been closely identified with the interests and prosperity of the 
town. He was always untiring in his efforts, and his life's work will go 
down into history as a successful, useful, valualile career — a benefit to the 
connnunity, and an example of energy. Mr. Ferrin was married to !Miss 
Alice A. Bronson, February 13, 1866. They have one daughter, Edith, wife 
of Dr. Thomas E. 8oules of \\'estfield. 

CYRUS A. MOUNT. 

Among the progressive men of Cherry Creek there stands no more prominent 
figure than that of Cyrus A. Blount. He is a descendant nf an eminent family 
who were early settlers here. He was liorn here Aiiril 7. lS4!t. and laid the 
foundation of his early rduration in his native town and later graduated fn.im 
the Forest ville Free Academy. In early life he develc.ipeil those qualities of 
mind and character which have since given him success in politics, in business 
and in social life. 'Slv. Mount's tirst business venture was in the grocerv 
l)Usiness under the tirni name of Mount & Ingalls, which co-partnership con- 
tinned for one year which he sold and purchased a one-half interest in the 
general store of A. 'W. Knap]!; this business arrangement continued for two 
years when he sold and engaged again in trade under the firm name of Mount 
& Spencer. Soon thereafter ^Ir. Spencer sold to A\'. U. Edwards, and he, after 
a year sold to H. E. Satford. The firm of Mount & Safford continued to do 
lousiness for two years when !Mr. Blount purchased Mr. Satford" s interest and 
soon thereafter sold the entire l)usiness to W. E. Becker. Public affairs tend- 
ing- to the ailvancenient of the coiniiiunity in which he lived secured liis early 
an<l eager attention. In ijolitics, as well as business life, he soon took a 
prominent part. He is a liepublican of earnest convictions. In 1874 he 
was appointed Postmaster, which position he acce}itably and creditably filled 
for twelve years. He was again ajipointeil in 1890, and held the ottic'e until 
a change of administration. In 1 X~'2 he was elected .lustice of the Peace. 
wliicli office he has field almost continuously since. .\ ]ironiinent trial 
lawyer of vast experience once .-^aid tliat I'yrus A. Mount was the best Justice 
he ever .saw. He was the first ■iir(vident of the Mllauc of Cherry Creek, 
elected in 1893, and again in \x'.)4. He is the jiresidcnt of the Business 
Men's Association, also president of the Board of Education, and has lieen 
Deputy Sheriff for several years. He also re]iresents his town upon the 
Picpublican Comity Conniiittce. lieiiii;- a iiienibev of the executive connuittee 
of that body. In adilition to his successfiU public life he has filled and now 
fills various positions of trust and htnior in the Inisiness workl. Since 1896 

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he has lieen in E. B. Crissey's bank. He understands Itankinp; in all of its 
many intricate details as well as the general principles upon which it is based. 
Jlr. Mount is pleasant and courteous to all whom he meets, brings to 
the discharge of his duties much valuable exjierience and acijnaintance, and 
always strives to atl'ord every po.ssible acconnnodation to the [)Usiness })ul)lic. 
He is now liut little over fifty years of age, and has a position and social 
pojiularity which makes him one of the foremost men of the 
the Milage and county. In August, 1871, he was married to Miss Helen J. 
Frost, who died in March, 1884. To them was born one daughter, Mrs. 
Francis ( ^SFount ) Tyler, now a resident of Ripley, this comity. ^Ir. Mount 
was marrieil again to Mi.ss Myra Fairbanks of Cherry Creek, in July, 188(i. 
Thev have one son, Xeal. 



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WILLIAM MORIAN. 

Thi' name "f William Morinn is familiar to almost every citizen of 
Cherry Creek, nld and ynuiig. He was l)orn in Pomfret, this county, October 
3, 1832, and was a son of Anthony ^lorian, who settled in Cherry Creek, in 
1835. Mr. ^lorian gre\v up on a farm, moved to the Milage, engaged in Inisi- 
ness anil prospered, as an intelligent, lionest. energetic busine.ss man usually 
does. He was married to Miss Marilla lironson, May 4, 1S.")2. 8he died 
July 14, 1899. Two daughters, both 
residents of this village, survive them, 
Mrs. Chas. J. Shuhs and ^Nlrs. G. 8. 
Boiler. During Mr. ]Morian's long 
life here he was a noble husband and 
father, an upright citizen, a successful 
busines.s man, and a man whose 
word was never doubted. lie left a 
rejiutation and character that is more 
valuable than money and more to be 
desired than fame. Fortunate is tliat 
community that can remember and 
enmlate the examnle of such men. 
Tile worlil Would be void without the 
memories of the dead. Those who 
have lived and died that we have loved 
are speaking to us along the (lath of 
life. As William Morian lived so he 
died, August 19, 1S9() — liravely facing 
his inevitable fate — an honest, upright, 
generous, manly man. T^^E LATE WM. MORIAN. 




SILAS VINTON. 

The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Villenova, Ajiril 20, 
1824, and was married to Louisa A. C'arr of Cherry Creek, March 7, 1848. 
They had four children Imivii tn tliem, as follows: Allen C. Vinton, bom May 
13, 1851; Frank C. Vinton, born Sept ein})er 24, 1853; Piatt Vinton, born July 
18, 1857; Mrs. Vinton died at Gowanda, Februaiy 3, 1884, and Silas Vinton, 
subject of this sketch, died May 4, 18U5. Silas Vinton was one of the rugged, 
sturdy, honest, upright men nf his time. He was genial in his manner, and 




THE LATE SILAS VINTON. 



a faithful friend. For many years he was supervisor of the town. He was 
also supervisor of Persia. In all bis dealings and uliiriid life he was called an 
honest man. ]\Ir. ^'intc)n was a very ])ublic spirite<l man ;md had charge of 
many important public buildings. He built the county house at Dewittville, 
Chautauqua County, and the Orphan Asylum at ^'el•sailles. He also built 
the .\cademy buildings at Gowanda. He was never behind in doing good and 
advancing the Itest interests of the connnunitv where he lived. 



PIONEER RESIDENTS. 

E'W IK i\v survive of the early settlers who pitched their tents in the then 
howling wilderness of "Puckrum" now transformed to the blossoming 
gardens, the (•ulti\-ated fields, and the haiijiy "homes" of Cherry 
Creek. Time plays no part in covering from mortal gaze the forms 
of those pioneer men who lived and worked, nol^ly and well. The years roll 
on in continuous nnmlier a1)ove the graves of those men, who toiled early 
and late, for the foundation and ailvancement of all that tends to make a 
town great and prosperous. The reminiscences disclosed in the life of these 
earlv settlers are rife with interesting incidents, which have been snatched 
from the fleeting memories of the past, for the contemplation, perhaps, 
emulation, and education, of present and future generations. Such reviews 
are designed to tjuicken our patriotism and piety, and give new strength to 
the roots, which bind us to the soil and principles of our progenitors. Their 
works have left an impress upon the annals of time. Long after their 
mortal frame has returned to dust their memory will be cherished in human 
heaiis. Thev were ai'tuatcd by the same motives and passions which 
influence tlieir descendants : and when we as a community jiay our tritnite to 
their memory we pay a tribute to ourselves. Their memories we revere and 
tlieir loss we deplore. 

GEORGE H. FROST. 

George H. Frost settled \\ithin what is now the village of Cherry Creek in 
the spring of 1823 and built the second house of logs within its limits, on 
the Northwest corner of Southside Ave. and Center Street, which he occupied 
for the numerous ]iurposes of residence, hotel, shoe shop and post-ofHce. 
He was a native of ]Massachusetts, having been born in the town of Dart- 
mouth, near Brainard's Bridge in that state, Af)ril 14, 1796, but a short 
distance from the imaginary line, separating it from the state of Rhode Island. 

Mr. Frost migrated from the home of his l)irth to Nassau, Rensselaer County, 
N. Y., in about 1819, where he remained Init a short time where he pushed 
his way westward as far as Bennington, in Genesee County. There he married 
Zerviaii ]\I. Sherman and li\-ed until he emigrated to Cherry Creek in the 
spring of lS2o. But few settlers had reached the towni at that time and the 
forests were with a fe\v small excej)tions unl)roken, and bears, wolves and 
deer roamed unmolested. The wolves in particular were a terror to the 
inhabitants and no one \(Mitured from their houses at night without a torch 
or weapon for protection. There were no highways. The settlers "blazed" 
their course on trees from one settlement or house to the other to insure 
against loss of route. For a number ai years the nearest grist mill was at 
Sinclair\-ille to which the settlers journeyed on horseljack with their grist 
divided in a bag across the horses l)ack in front of them. This was continued 
until the establishment of a mill at Clear Creek. Steadily the settlers 

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increased in^nnniliers and the forests receded liefore the settlers ax. The 
fertile fields of the hills and valleys gradually became the scenes of waiving 
grain and grazing herds. In ^larcli. IS^O, the first Town meeting was 
held in Mr. Frost's log house. Mr. Frij.st was chosen Supervisor of the ToAvn 
in 1884-5, and for many years held the office of Justice of the Peace. He 
was the first post-master of the town. In early life he learned the trade of 
a shoemaker and followed that occiipation for some time after coming to 
Cherrv Creek. He lived in the Village until aliout 1S39, when he purchased 
a lai'ge farm, since known as the Frost farm, situated in a jjleasant valley 
about two miles northwest of the Village on the Fredonia road. Owing to 
the numert)us settlers in the valley from the State of ^'ermont it was named 
Vermont Hollow and still bears that name. Hi ther he came with his large 
family and by their combined industry the forests gradually gave place to 
cultivated fertile fields which annually yielded a moderate support for them. 
His near neighl)ors were Anson Newton, Haiwev Putnam, Ira B. Tanner and 
Elkeny Steward. His children having grown to manhooil and womanhood, 
and t'xccpting the youngest, established homes of their own, about 1S(>") he 
returned to the village where he passed in peaceful happy retirement the 
remainder of his declining years. 

Mrs. Frost was liorn in the State of Khoilc Island -lune 2o, 1803, and died 
at Cherry Creek ]\Iay "27, 1889, surviving him 17 years. Of their marriage 
twelve children were born. Francis S., January 15, 1821. She became the 
wife of Charles A. Sj^encer of Cherrv Creek, who vet survives her in the HOth 
year of his age. She died August 24,1893. Fidelia, :\Iay 11, 1823, and died 
March 27, 1S57. She became the wife of Judson Sheffield of Cherry Creek, 
who survived her until Fcliruary, 1900. Admiral, June, 19, 1825, and diecl 
in infancv. Geo. N., Octolier 21, lS2(i, now living in the Town of Cherry 
Creek, ituth Eliza, December 30, 1^21), and became the wife of Chandler 
Johnsiiu of Charlcitte. N. Y.,andlioth of whom are now living in Lowell, 
^lichigan. Mary A., April 6, 1831, and ))ecame the wife of William Mount 
;jf Cherry Creek and now lives with her husf)aud at Corry, Pennsyl\-ania. 
Sarah Enieline, December 22, 1833. Married Rev. "\Mlliam V. Edwards, and 
now resides with him in the Village of Kenmore, N. Y. Charles L., July 
10. 1S3H, Died June 19, 1862. Lilis, January 4, 1838, became the wife of 
Alonzo Edwards, then of Ellington, now of Forestville, X. Y. Isbond H., 
August (), 1S41, and now living in Cherry Creek, X. Y. Isadore, January 
23, 1S44, became the wife of AValter E. (4riswold of Charlotte, X. Y., and now 
living with her husl)and at Kenmore, X. Y. Helen J., October 15, 1851, 
liecame the wife of Cvrus A. Blount of Cherrv Creek, and died March 18, 
1881. 

Mr. Frost was bom of Colonial ancestors at the time when the Revolutionary 
fathers, fresh from victorious fields were cementing the discordant states into 
a harmonious union into a lasting repul)lic. He personally knew many of 
the veterans of the Revolution. In his early boyhood days he learned from 
them and from his parents' lips the cause, and the story of the terriljle strug- 
gle hn- the equal rights of men. Into the very filler of his existence was 
born and bro>d an intense love of justice and of country and the eternal 
jn-inciple "that all men are created e([ual. " During his long and useful life, 
if malice he had at any time, it was hi the defense of these ]iinciples. For 
these ]irinciples he early enrolled himself as a volunteer soldier in the defense 
of his country, in the struggle of 1812, when but 17 years of age. He sutfered 
the hardships and dangers of a campaign and at the close of the war received 
an honorable discharge. He was a man of strong earnest conviction. Ho 
loved truth for its own sake and comliatted error wherever he found it. One 
might as well have attempted to stay the thunder1>olt as to attempt to stay 
his utterance of what he believed just. Human slavery disturlied the 



peace and threatened the (listrnction of the I'nion frmn its formation until 
the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House. It existed as a com- 
)iromise with erime. It jioisoned all the sources of power. To this crime 
aniliition bowed and jiolitirians, statesmen, judges and clergymen were 
])arties. The real friend of humanity was denounced as an enemy of his 
country. From the time when ]Mr. Forst liecame old enough to take an 
interest in jniMic affairs, he was iincomproniisingly opposed to the institution 
of slavery. His entire heing revolted at this monster. No subject of i5ul>lic 
ct)ncern affected him nnjre intensely. He believed that this government 
fomided as it \vas on the ecjual rights of men could not long surx-ive with 
slavery. His opposition to it was outspoken, earnest, active. He denounced 
the Atherton Gag, advocated the ^^'illmot Pro\-isiou, strenuously opposed the 
Fugitive Slave Law, resisted the repeal of the ^lissouri C'ompronnse, fought 
the Lecomi)ton l'sur}iation and earnestly combatted the whole Kansas 
Neln-aska invasion. He Ijelieved xnth Mr. Seward in his appeal to the higher 
law written as Lord Broghan said by the finger of God in the hearts of men 
and deeply deplored the fact that Weljster in his -vain hope of reconciling the 
sections had fallen below that level. He early alUed himself with the 
Abolition party, in fact at a time when it reipiired no small degree of moral 
courage to take i>osition in the ranks of tliat despised political sect. His 
great opportunities for usefulness to the cause in his jioverty, in the 
wilderness of Western New York were small ('ompared to th(.)se of the 
leaders of the cause, l^ut he lielonged to, and for a long time was actively 
engaged in the services of the "Underground Railroad", so-called, and 
many a fugitive slave was assisted by him on his secret journey in his effort 
to escape liondage to Canada. In his house he sheltered and fed alike the 
traveler and the fugitive slave. 

His early educational advantages were limited to a few weeks of schooling. 
But he a\-ailed himself of e\-ery opijortunity afforded from the rugged school 
of experience to gain information and knowledge. His bump of commom 
sense was large, his judgment good, his heart generous and his conclusions 
always just. He was widely read in the current literature of his day and 
kept al)reast with pul)lic thought on all important cjuestions. He was a 
believer in the Christian religion and a member and deacon of the First 
Baptist Church. In this l^elief he was as sincere and earnest as in any of the 
most positive convictions of his life. He died October 5, 1872, at his house 
in the Milage situated just across the street west from where he settled, and is 
sleeping today in the shadow of a beautiful maple l>y the side of wife, children 
and grandchildren in the windowdess palace on the hill in full \-iew, from 
the site of his pioneer home and the home of his latest Ijerth. 

CHARLES A. SPENCER. 

Cliarlcs A. Si)encer was born in the dawn of the l!)th Century and is .still 
living in the full possession of his mental faculties, peacefully watching 
the last rays of its lieautiful golden sunset. The worlds greatest achieve- 
ments have been wrought within the ninety 3-ears of time measured to 
him l)y the flight of worlds. He first saw the light of day in the town of 
'Westmoreland, Oneida County, N. Y. , June 80, 1810, near the town line of 
Rome. His grandfather Spencer started a settlement there which to this day 
is known as S]iencer Settlement. His father A. Spencer an only son, married 
Mary Royce, daugther of ^Mayor Royce of the to\\Ti of "Rome. They had 
five children, the oldest of whom is the subject of this sketch. His "father 
bought an improved farm in the town of Bergen, Genesee County, and 
went there without his family to harvest the grain and while thus engaged 
became ill of a fever, returned to his family in Spencer Settlement and died 



soon after. !Mr. Spencer learned the trade of a tanner and shoemaker and 
after the death of his father he went as far west as Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in 
search of a suitable location to establish himself and brother in the tannerv 
business. That was t\\e year of the threat cholera scare and he found the 
settlers there much disturljcd l)y the fear of cholera and threatened attack 
Ijy the Indians, liesides he found no hemlock timljer there from which to 
secure the necessary bark for use in the tannery Ijusiness. Journeying home- 
ward he met Closes Ferrin, in Jamestown, who induced him to come to Cherry 
Creek and after due consideration he and his brother William purchased a 
small tannery located in the Village and innnmediately commenced its oper- 
ation. That was in the year 1832, since which time his home has been con- 
tinually in the town. 

lie conducted his tannery business with great energy and marked business 
aliility for a number of years, finally dis])Osing of his interest for a considera- 
tion which netted him a handsome result for his investment and labor. This 
he wisely invested in real estate in and altout the \'illage and town which he 
superintended and assisted in tilling. In 1S40 he married Frances S. Frost, 
a daughter of Geo. H. Frost. She died August 24, 1893. There were five 
children born to them. Frances, now deceased, who liecame the wife of 
Mehdn H. Blount, Adelaid, now Mrs. Darwin M. Saunders of Kenmore, N. 
Y. , Charles D., of Cherry Creek, George W. of Oklahoma and Park M., 
deceased. He represented his town on the board of Supervisors in the years 
1836-7 and was a Justice of the Peace of the town for nearly thirty 
years and County Superintendent of the Poor for over 21 years. He 
exercised tlie duties of Justice of the Peace in the true sense that "truth is 
the summit of lieing and justice its appUcation to human ailairs." He was 
in most instances judge and counsel for both the would-be litigants and an 
anncable settlement under his wise and just counsel was usually reached be- 
fore litigation commenced. 

His duties while Superintendent of the Poor were exacting and occupied 
most of his time, but his long continue<l service in that capacity furnishes 
un(iuestional.)le proof of the manner and integrity in which he dist-hargcd 
those duties. The county liuildings were located on the shores of ChautaiKjua 
Lake, aliout 20 miles distant. There were no railroads or other public con- 
veyances available to him during most of his long service and he was often 
ccmipelled to brave the fierce winter storms in the performance of his pulilic 
duties. 

From his youth he has lieen nearsighted, and thus prevented the highest 
degree of usefulness he was otherwise capable of rendering. Glasses were 
never aids to him and for nearly 10 years he has Ijcen unable to see to read or 
write but fortunately for him he has had some memlier of his family with 
him during that time who has been pleased to read to him almost daily from 
the periodicals and books of his choice, otherwise life would have lost much 
of its charms to him as he was a great reader in the years when his sight 
would permit. 

His integrity has always been beyontl dispute, his perception clear, quick 
and sound, while his ability in ptiblic and jirivate life is such as to win the 
confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He has in a high degree the 
(|uality possessed by ^Ir. Lincoln, of "plowing around" the opponent whom 
he cannot convince liy argument, ^\'e think that those acquainted with him 
in the zenith of his manliood, will concur with us in the opinion that no 
citizen of Cherry Creek ever had greater influence among his fellow-men. 
He has kept posted in public affairs and was din'ing the period of his active 
life personally acquainted with all of the inililic men of the County and many 
throtighout the State. He has a genial nature anil a courteous iicrsonality. 
He held decided ojjinions on all public (juestions and in a firm and ipiict way 



impressed them upon others. His present home where he lias hveil for nearly 
half a century is located on the south side of Center Street on a small eminence 
next east of the Baptist Church. Here his family was reared and here his 
mature years have heen spent. This is the house over Avhirh he has so lonp; 
presided with manly di.i;nity, a devoted husliand and exeiiiplarv f;ithcr. 

WELCOME C. CARPENTER. 

Welcome C. Carpenter was horn .January 12, 1816, in the town of Brouk- 
field, Madison County, N. Y., came with his parents to ChautaiKpia, Countv, 
in ISi^O, and settled in the town of Villenova, near East IMud Lake. Five 
lirothers and four sisters were sheltered in the rude log hut hurriedly Iniilt 
by his father and el<ler brothers. His education was obtained in a' school 




WELCOME C. CARPENTER. 

house equally as rude as his home 2 1-2 miles distant. M twi'lve years of 
age he was apprenticed to learn the carjienter and joiners' trade, after which 
he removed to Cherry Creek and built the first frame house in the town for 
Robert James, on the farm now owned by IL)race Brown. In 1S40 he married 
Margaret Loucks of the town of Ellerv, 1)V this union two childrt'n were l)orn 
Herbert and Z. Herbert died in ISoO, aged eight years. Mr. Carpenter was 
Justice of the Peace here for 2S consecutive years, was also Super\-isor of his 
town in ISTO. In is7() he built the first (-heese factory in the town, receiving 
the milk nt over SOO rows. In IKl'A he also Imilt one in tlii' town of Ellino^ 



t(.)n, in what is kiiowi 



th 



Mates District. 

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Th 



CSC he iijieniti'd and ran 



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successfully for several years. For his hifrh moral character and strict 
adherence to the right he was ever connnended. He died July 19, l'S'.)4, on 

the i'anii when' lie hail livi'd tor dvcr •")() years. 

JAMES D. WHEELER. 

Was born in Plymouth, Chenango County, this state, Feliruary U, 1S24, 
and came to Cherry Creek in 1847. His tirst work here was that of a school 
teacher, which business he began when he was only sixteen years of age. 
In the year 1850 he went into the mercantile business with James Carr and 
later with Silas Vinton. In 1852 he purchaseil a farm of about 282 acres and 
lived uiMin it until he died, March 16, 18G7. ^Ir. ^\'heeler, with his other 
attainments, was a man well read in the law, and, wjiile not admitted to the 
bar, his advice and counsel was sought by a large number of his neighbors 
and ac(iuaintances. He was a safe legal advisor, though no lawyer. He 
was married to Susan Berry, February 4, 1849, and to them were born five 
children : James R. , December 18, 1849; James died June 8, 1890; Charles 
L., born December 3, 1852; Jennie B., born May 12, 1857; she married 
Frank C. Vinton, April 25, 1877, and now re.sides in Albany. Grace T., born 
July 1, ISliO, married to AVilliam M. Corliett, May 4, 1881. She now resides 
at Evansvillc, Indiana. Grant D., born February 21, 1864; he is married 
and resides lu're. Susan Berry 'Wheeler, his ^\-ife, was the daughter of Thomas 
Bi'ri'V, an early settler. She was born Septendier o, 1829, and still survives 
her luisband. 

JARED INGALLS. 

The name of Jared Ingalls is familiar to every old citizen of Cherry Creek. 
He was bom in Otsego County, this State, August 4, 1791. He came to 
Cherry Creek in 1826, settled on lot 22, and built a saw mill one of the first 
in the town. He also laid out a number of the early roads in this section. 
He was the tirst person to bring a cook sto\-e into town, and his wife made the 
first car])et that was used in town, which was the wonderment of the people, 
and they came for miles to see it. During his long life hei'c he did much for the 
town, and was a noble husband and father, an u]iright citizen, and a man 
whose word was never doubted liy those who knew him. Mr. Ingalls died in 
Cherrv Creek December, 11, 1871. He was married to Abigail Jones, January 
29, 1817. She died in Cherrv Creek Jannuary lo, 1871. To them was Ijorn 
six children as follows : Eunice Eliza, wife of Ezekiel Mount, died in Cherry 
Creek Octolier 24, 1884; Nancy, wife of ^^'. S. Bullock, died in Cherry Creek 
June 7, 1893; Sally, wife of Furman Mount, now residing in this village; 
Cyrus, who died in Cherry Creek, April 10, 1,S74 ; Edmund, who died in 
Cherry Creek Sei)tember IS, 1887; Olive, wife of \\'. W. Hyatt, now a resident 
of Cambridge Sjirings, Pa,. Mr. Ingalls always conducted himself in that 
dignitied, gentlemanly way that connnended the rcs])ect and esteem of the 

'" '' ' LAWRENCE EUGENE SHATTUCK. 

One of the pioneei-s of the town of Cherry Creek, who spent his mature life 
here and gave most valualile aid in reclaiming its fertile lands from tlic wilds 
of nature was Lawrence Eugene Shattuck, who was the son of Pliny and Dolly 
(Rice) Shattuck, born in the state of Massachusetts, July 20, 1816, and died 
at his home in Cherry Creek, January 20, 1890, aged 73 years and six months. 
Tlic Shattuck' s were for several generations natives and residents of New 
England. IMr. Shattuck was sixteen years of age when his father came to 
Cherry Creek and located on a wild farm aliout two miles west of the Village, 
wlicre his father built a blacksmith sho]i and carried on tlic trade. The 
other members of the family cleared up a small farm and tilled the soil, while 

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THE LATE L. E. SHATTUCK. 



MRS. AMY A. SHATTUCK. 



Mr. Shattuck worked in the shi)]! with his father, and, liaving learned the 
trade, suceeeded to his father's liusiness when the latter died. He was the only 
l)lacksniith for sonic distance around who could shoe oxen, and had all the 
■work that he could do ; but as he grew older he found the work uncongenial, 
and gradually lessened his business until some years liefore his death he dis- 
continued it entirely. On April 13, 1836, Mr. Shattuck married Amy 
Angeline Ames, a stirring, energetic young lady, who was Viorn at Trenton, 
Oneida County, this state, Feliruary 26, 1817. This union was l)lessed 
with iive children, two sons and three daughter: L. E. .Jr., liorn April 11, 



1894; Lydia F., liorn September 7, 1839, died m 
1860; Amv A., born February 10, 1843, now residing 



1838, died May, 27 
Cherry Creek, .June 

at Chicago, 111.; .Jerome B., born May 27, 1847, now a resident of Cherry 
Creek; and Rosella, born November 12, 1851. She died March 20, 189-5. 
Amy Angeline Ames was a daughter of Amos Ames, who was liorn in Ver- 
mont, and married I^ydia Franklin. She was the daughter of Stephen 
Franklin and the latter was a great grand daughter of the renowned philan- 
thropist and American statesman, Benjamin Franklin. Stephen Franklin 
married Rachael Carpenter, whose father came from Englan<L Mr. Franklin 
was a minister of the gos]iel and an earnest and devoted Christian. He 
became the father of six children, among them Lydia, the mother of Mrs. 
Shattuck, who died May 15, 1830. Mrs. Amy (Ames) Shattuck has always 
been characterized by energy, good judgment and force of character. While 
yet a young girl she left her father's home and supported herself until she was 
married. While yet very young she spent three years in succession S]3inning 
wool for Pliny Shattuck, and for a number of j'ears succeeding she did this 
and other service. The winter following her marriage, after having spent the 
summer in preparing household linen and other necessary cc.nuforts, she jiut 
what goods she could command in boxes and barrels and took them to the 
canal, where she slii])ped them by the way of Rochester and Buffalo, to Cherry 
Creek. During the journey she met a ]\Ir. Be\-eh-y who was going with his 
family to the same place, and he assisted her in hiring teams at Buffalo to 
carry her home, where, after a tiresome journey, she arrived, and the follow- 
ing spring, herseU' and husliand began keeping house, at that time a lonely 
place in the woods, one half mile from the nearest neighbor. Mr. Shattuck 
and his sons have always said that their success was entirely due to the 
ad\'ice and encoui-agement received from their wife and mother. It is to 
such mothers as Mrs. Shattuck that the town of Cherry Creek owes its develop- 
ment and the United States of America its greatness. 



JOHN PRICE. 



Juhii I'yk-v was II bent'fac-tor (.)f his race in the true sense of the term. His 
long life was spent in honorable, intelligent, useful manual labor, the results 
of which will remain a blessing to mankind for all times to come. Great 
and good men have existed in all ages who ha^•e by the force of their genius 
and intellectual ] lower torn from the grasp of ignorance and superstition the 
liberties of thought and acti(jn which we now enjoy. These also are bene- 
factors. But n(j more essential was their work than that jierformed liy the 
subject of this sketch. \'ictori()Us campaigns are planned )iy the officers in 
charge, Ijut won l)y the soldiers of the ranks. Both are necessary to success. 
The man who sutlers the hardships and jtrivations of pioneer life and assists 
in transforming the wilderness into productive, cultivated fields, performs a 
seiTice which is as essential and lasting as the liberties we enjoy. Such 
were the services rendered liy John Price. He was endowed by nature with 
a constitution and powers of endurance sujierior to mo.st men and his will 
and energy were disi'Ontent without the daily taxation of those powers to their 
fullest capacity. He was an early settler in the town coming here with his 
parents in the year 1830. From the day of his arrival to the commencement 
of his last illness he was an incessant worker. He rested only when exhausted 
nature made further work impcissible. For many years his principal occupation 
was clearing the forest and preparing the land for cultivation. The acres thus 
cleared are now fertile and productive fields annually yielding harvests suffi- 
cient for the support of many. Later in life he was engaged in farming and 
luml)ering. Price's saw-mill owned and operated by him for many years, 
situated about two miles west of the Village, is yet in good condition and is 
now ojierated by one of his sons, Charles A. Price. 

Wealth is converted lalxjr. He was essentially a jiroducer by the onlv 
method pc.issible to man — by the sweat of his brow. He added to the sum of 
human happiness liy adding to the sum of accumulated labor, accumulated 
wealth. The world is richer and better because of his life and labor and he 
with many million of his like, produced the material wealth 
How poor this world would lie without 
their lives. Cherry Creek would be 
a forest in which the wild lieasts \vould 
roam unmolested as in the year ISOO. 

There would lie no highways, cultivated 

fields, luxiariant homes, well-equipped 

school-houses, or towering church 

steeples within its limits. 

He was born in the Town of Ilard- 

wick, Otsego County, X. Y. , .Fuly 

27,181.5, and came with his parents to 

Cherry Creek when but lo year of age. 

He married Caroline ^larkham, a na- 
tive of Dansville, Livingston Countv, 

this State, ^March (;, 1S4G! They had six 

children, Josejih L. , Lydia A. , .John A. , 

Rhoda C. , C'harles A. and Adonirom J. . 

all of whom were reared to manhood 

and womanhood in industry and are hon- 
orable and useful members of society. 

John Price was an honest man. No 

cloud of dishonor ever cast a shailow 

U]ion his integrity. He met his obliga- 
tions jiunctiially but was lenient with JOHN PRICE. 



we now enjov. 





those oliligated to him. He had a kiml hvart and sjenerous nature. He feared 
no man and no man tV'ared him. Ri])e with aj;e, and weariud with excessive 
toil, on A))ril 11, 1SS9, he laid life's l)urdens down and ])assed to ])erfe(:t rest 
in that cemetery whon^ so many of his friends and neii^'hhors dwell. 

HON. CHARLES B. GREEN. 

Hini. Chas. B. Green was born in Steventown, this State, January 13, 
lS(_)i). and was married to Lydia Kent, November 20, 1836. He was again 
married in 1.S64. He came tn ("herry Creek February 14, 1S23. In his 
early days he taught school, lie studied law in the oftice of Judge Mullett 
at Fredonia, and was admitted to practice in 1843 and again in 1851. Judge 
Green was Justice of Sessions for several years ; school conmiissioner and 
school inspector. Justice of the Peace and Assessor here for many years. In 
18.38 he was a memlier of the State Legislature. He dieil in t'herrv Creek 
March 31, 1894, 85 years of age. 

JOSEPH KENT. 

The subject of this sketch was born January 22, 1814, in Portland County. 
He came here when three years old and lived in Cherry Creek 70 years, and 
for much of that time was the "Lumber King of the Upper Conewango. " 

He married, first, November 20, 1837, IMaria Vedder. George A. S. Kent 
is their son, who now resides in Jamestown. Mr. Kent married, sec(jnd, 
in Ni:)vember, 1839, Rachael E. Vedder. They had two children, Marion, 
whii now resides at Conewango ^'^alley, Emery, who resides in this village. 
This old jiioneer, lumlierman, and farmer lived long and usefully, dying 
in 1SS7. 

STEPHEN BLAISDELL. 

Stephen Blaisdell was Ixirn in Gitl'urd, N. H. , August 7, 17'S6. He re- 
mained there until he was about twenty years of age, when he made a pub- 
he profession of religion. He Soon after connnenced preaching, and traveled 
extensively in the states of New Hamjjshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and 
Connecticut. He married, in 1810, Bathsheba Aldrich, in Templeton, Mass., 
who was born jMarch 2, 1788. He removed to Leyden, Yt., where his family 
remained until he removed to this County in ^larch, 1.S24. He settled in 
Ellington (then Gerry), on lot 29. In the Spring of 1S27, he removed to 
Cherry Creek, on lot 2<S. He was connected with the Christian denomination, 
having been ordained to the ministry in 1828. In politics, he held to the 
jirincipals inculcated 1iy the Jett'ersonian Repulilicans. He had six children, 
as follows: Sarah Ann, Eliza, Amanda L. , ^\'ilIiam S., Bogardus A., and 
Napoleon L. Stephen Blaisdell died September 9, 1864, agecl 68 years. 

JAMES CARR. 

James Carr. Cherrv ( 'reek's lii'st sujiervisor, was born in South Kingston, 
P. I., April 15, 17'.I,S. He married Polly Brown, April 18, 1822. She was 
also l)(jrn in Rhode Island, May 18, 1800, and died in Cherry Creek, Novem- 
ber 11, 1838. Mr. Carr came to Cherry Creek in March, 1823, and settled on 
lot 15, and afterwards ke]it a store in the \'illage. He w'as supervisor of 
Ellington in 182S-29, and the first supervisor of Cherry Creek after its 
formation in 1830. Mr. Can- died at A\'aterloo, Iowa, Octol)er S, 1857. 
His children were: Andrew J., Rovella, Louisa Adelia, Lydia and Mary E. 



HISTORICAL CONDENSATIONS. 



Jcihn T. Clark was the tiist lawyer. 

The Ferrin Block was erected in 18S9. 

Jonathan Greennian was the first tailor. 

James Carr was the first supervisor in 1830. 

Joshua Bentley, Jr., gave the town its name. 

The first physician was Horace Morgan in 1829. 

George H. Frost was the first inn keeper in 1823. 

Hull Xickerson operated the first grist mill in 1828. 

The first death was that of Rufus Hitchcock in 1820. 

The soldiers' monument was dedicated May 30, 1888. 

The T(jwn of Cherry Creek was formed May 4th, 1829. 

The first tannery was estahlished in 1823 hy James Carter. 

The first saw-miU was Imilt in 1S24 by William Kilbourn. 

C. A. Mount was the first president of Cherry Creek, Village. 

Cherry Creek Lodge I. 0. O. F. was instituted April 6th, 18.52. 

The first blacksmith shop was opened m 1831 by Pliney Shattuck. 

Lydia Kent was bom September 11, 1818. Died, October 2, 1862. 

G. N. Frost is the oldest person now living in town who was born here. 

The first crop raised in town was potatoes in 1816, by Joseph M. Kent. 

In 1819 Joshua Bentley' s four year old daughter was stolen by the Indians. 

E. A. Hayes edited the first newspajjer lii'rc^ in 1879. It was printed at 
Gowanda. 

The oldest woman now residing in town is ^Irs. Charlotte Bronson, aged 
88 years July 22, 1900. 

Charles A. Spencer established a tannery here in lSo3 which he conducted 
successfully for fifteen years. 

James Marks built the first (log) house in October, ISlo, which was 
remodeled into a schoolhousc in 1824. 

The first frame house erected m town was built in 1830, and occupied by 
Seth Grover. It was on the site where John DeLanev's grocery store now 
stands. 

Mary E. Sweatland, daugliter of L. L. and Sally Sweatland died May 25, 
1850, aged 6 years and 7 months. This was the first interment in the Cherry 
Creek C'emetery. 

The first school house in town was made of logs 25x25 feet, heated by a 
fireplace. It was afterwards remodeled for a dwelling. It was located on the 
site where I. S. Benton's residence now stands. 

172 



The Brighain Block Imnu'il in ISSS. 

The fii¥t l)irth was Lydia Kent in ISKi. 

The first Postmaster was (ienrsje H. Frost. 

The Village was incorjiorated Islay 20, 1.S93. 

Seth Grover was the first st(_)rekeeiier in ISol. 

Roliert James was the first Town Clerk in 1830. 

The first Town meeting was held in Mareh, 1830. 

Reulien Cheney was the first school teacher in 1819. 

The Kent Block was liunicd Sunday, March 3, 18S<). 

Rev. Hadley (Baptist) was the first i)reacher in 1817. 

\\'eleome C. Carjienter was the first carpenter and joiner. 

The first settler was .Joseph M. Kent in the spring of 1815. 

Seth Grover was born in 1800. Died, Decernljer 17, 1856. 

Cherry Creek Lodge F. & A. M. was instituted in June, 1855. 

Angeline Pickering was the first woman school teacher in 1.S24. 

The first settlement was made at Shattuck School H(_)use in 1820. 

Alexander Bentley was born October 15, 1820. Died April 19, 1888. 

The Shefiield house and tlic .Morian Block were liurned in June, 1882. 

Methodist Class meetings was held at the house of Josejih ]\I. Kent in 1817. 

The oldest jierson now living here is Charles A. Spencer, aged 90 vears June 
10, 1900. 

The "Wilcox-Benton Block was burned in August, 1889. It was reVmilt 
the same fall. 

Blount ■*; Robertson's hardware store and C. T. Rea<le's harness shop were 
burned in February, 1875. 

Cherry Creek furnished 100 soldiers for the war of the rel)ellion, 25 of whom 
were killed or died of disease. 

The oldest frame Iniilding now standing in town is the house of the late 
]Mahala King. It was built in 1834. 

(leorge W. Spencer was the first station a.irent here. He filled the position 
for alioiit three months when he resigned and was succeeded \>y W. ]\I. 
Corbet t. 

Rev. Bliss C. Willoughby was born in 1S(I(;, ordained as a minister in 1841. 
Pastor of Bajjtist Church here in 1S42-43. Now a resident of Piandolph, 
N. Y. , and aged 94 years, 

James Battles and Rachael (Hadley) Battles were married June (>, 1819. 
James Battles died June 30, 1886, aged 91 years and 6 months. Rachel 
(Hadley) Battles died [NLirch ID, 1887, aged 89 years and two months. 

The Butfalo & Jamestown Railroad was built in 1S74-75. The first 
passenger train was run over the road from Buffalo to Jamestown. October 17, 
1875. Eugene Haynes was the engineer and Oliver P. Bond, conductor. 
The name has since been changed to the Butt'alo tl' Southwestern Railroad. 





Mrs. Amelia (Bronson) Essex. Lucy (Essex) Franklin. Mrs. Charlotte Bronson 

Great grandmother. Grandmother. Great-great-grandmother. 

Grace I Franklin I Wilkinson. 

Mother. 

Harold Wilkinson. 

FIVE GENERATIONS. 

that 

that 

t-here 

alive. 

The iiortrait shows Mrs. Charlotte Bronson, great great grandmother, 
horn .July '2'2, 1S12; Amelia (Bronson) Essex, great grandmother, horn 
January 8, ISoli: Luey (Essex) Franklin, grandmother, horn April 20, 18.57; 
Grace (Frankhn) 'Wilkinson, niotlier, horn November 2, 1879: Harold 
Wilkinson, son, horn August 13, 1897. 

Charlotte Bronson was born at what is now known as AA'alworth, ^^'ayne 
County, N. Y., and came to Cherry Creek when she was but twenty years of 
age. She was married to Horace Bronson, March 2, 1831. ]Mr. Bronson 
died September 2, 1868. She is the mother of twelve children, viz. : Adeline, 
Addison, and James, who died in infancy ; Marilla, wife of the late "\Mlliam 
Morian; she dieil July 14, l'^99; Amelia, wife of Henry Essex, now residing 
at Forestville, N. Y. ; Frank, who died at Suffold. Va., Felx 26, 1864; Oscar, 
who died at Walworth, Mav, 1868; Mary, wife <it AMlliam Dillon, now re- 



sidiiifiat North Star, Michigan; Edgar, now residing at ElUngton; Addison, 
now a resident of Cherry Creek; George resides at Rochester; James died 
ill Clicnv Creek, October 9, 185o; and Charles A. is now a resident of 
Kochester. She has twenty-four gramlcliildren, fifteen great grandchilih-en, 
and three great great grandehilchvn. 

Mrs. Bronson at the present time is a woman of liright intellect, splendid 
memory, and good sight, and is the oldest li\-ing woman in the town. She 
rememliers many interesting historial incidents, and is very interesting in her 
conversation. Every one hkes grandma Bronson. She has seen the town 
grow from a wilderness to its present beautiful proportic 



ions. 



A TRAGEDY OF OLD DAYS.* 

"Keep riglit on over the liill and down tliruugh '.Xcj (unl Holler' and you'll 
get to Cherry Creek all right." 

It was one of the native^ who spoke in answer to an inquirv as to the way 
to Cherry Creek. I was a-wheel, climbing the hills of old'Chautauqua and 
leisurely pedaling through her fertile valleys. Night was fast coming on and 
the uncanny name "No God Holler," lirought weird and strange fancies lie- 
fore me. My destination Avas perhaps seven miles awav. Darkness overtook 
me liefore niy journey through the valley was completed, and I ilecided to stop 
at the first farmliouse and remain for the night if jiossilile. 

^ly host jiroved to be an entertaining conversationalist. 

"Well," said my friend, "it is related that manv vears ago, when this 
country was a wilderness, a Uttle settlement was made "in this" \alley. The 
l)ioneers were a rough class, no doubt, Init no worse than a good many ](eople 
today. However, they do say that a traveling niissionarv found his way to 
this locaHty. He was an earnest man, the legend savs, and between hiniself 
and wickedness there was no compromise. He worked hard among the set- 
tlers for a time, picturing to them the awful consequences of a life of sin. His 
exhortations fell upon stony ground, he failed to rescue a solitarv l)rand from 
the liurnmg, and he left tlie neighl>or]iood giving it the name it bears to this 
day. 

''Later on and after many newcomers liad settled here a tragedv took place 
wliK-h helped to fix the name. .James Battles Hved on a farm iii this neigh- 
Ijorhood. Cornelius Lynch worked for him. Battles had a son, Martin l)v 
name. _ Young Battles and Lynch fell in love with the same girl, and a nood 
deal of liad blood wa.s engendered lietween them. One morning Lynch ^vas 
found in a dying condition in Battles' barn. It was supjiosed he liad fallen 
from a swing. On the morning in (juestion Lvnch got uj) liefore any one in 
the house. Shortly after he was followed liv Battles, and the two went to the 
bain to do the chores. \\'hen Lynch was found Battles was not in sight. A 
doctor was iirocured as hastily as possibl(\ He decided that Lvnch had been 
beaten to death. By this time Battles had returned to the house and he acted 
m such an excited manner that he was arrested. An inquest was held and 
young Battles was declared liy the jury to know something about the case. 
Sulisequently he was tried, found guilty and, under a law then in force, sen- 
tenced to one year's imprisonment, at the exjiiration of which time he was to 
be hanged. The case was taken to the Supreme Court. This tribunal de- 
c-ideil that the sentence was unconstitutional and Battles was released. 

"This case helped to fix the name on our neighborhood and thoutrh we are 
I'v no means deserving of it proliably it will remain for some generations vet 
to come. ' •' 

• Ariche McLean in Buffalo Sunday Courier. 

175 



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A STANDING OFFER! 

The citizens of Cherry Creek will give any Honest Re- 
putalile ^lanufaeturing firm with a paying Inisiness and 
cniploying 2o operatives and iqiwards, $1,000 to So, 000 
in cash to locate permanently in Cherry Creek. This is 
no " Muff" but an honest offer. Xo ]ilaee in the United 
States can offer hetter inducements to manufacturers than 
Cherry Creek. Excellent building sites can be obtained at 

reasonable figures; w 1 and coal are bcith sujijilied 

rlicaplv: thei'c is an abundance nf good water and water 
power; shipping facilities are good and living exiuiises 
small. ^Markets are accessiljle and freight rates low. In 
lirief Cherry Creek's advantages to manufacturers are cheap 
sites, cheap fveJ, tow taxes, excellent water, fair la/mr, 
good school, good churches, good residence place, good home 
market, and good /shipping facilities. For further infor- 
mation connuunicate with Cherry Creek's Board of Trade. 



^ 



IS? 



IN CONCLUSION. 



I'^l-'t )|;|'] Icavini;- the work in wliicli F luivc fur tlic pas^t two iiicinth^ 
- Imcu sij L-ariK'stly engaged, I dcsii'c again tn return thanks to all 

■'y I \\liii have SI) kindly aiiled uie in the effort to jiruduee a book, which 

L^' I confidently hope will prove of value to its possessors. Those 

wlio have furnished information, historical or otherwise, for its pages, 
have my sjH'cial thanks, while those who liave peeuniarly aided mc in 
the way of write-ups will. 1 tru.st, receive liheral henetit as the legitimate 
fruits thereof. Suhscrihers for the work it is lioped may find much that is 
new, instructive, and valuahle. It is one of the eliief purposes of this work 
to set forth the advantages of Cherry Creek .as a most desirable place to locate 
manufacturing industries, a place of residence, and an ideal spot generally. 

I have given as comjiK'te an account as ]iossil)le (if the princi]ial events, 
relating to the early settlement and its history, bi'inging it down to the present, 
showing how and Ity whom the business of tlie actual present is Ijeing done. 

The ])ictnres ui several of the ]iioneer n^sidents were secured at considerable 
tniuble and expense. I useil every nu'ans ]iossible to obtain jiictures of 
.loseph ^I. Kent, the first settler, and .Joshua Bentley, the man who gave the 
town its name: but was unsuccessful. They in-ol)ably never had ])ietures 
taken. Tlie history of the pioneer period of the t<iAvn. as well as the important 
events that have trans]iireil since then, down to tlie ]iresent time, is as com- 
plete as po.ssible. 

The sketches of eitizi^ns — ])ast ami present — many of them re[)resentative 
men, who have i>articipated in its leading events, some, it may l:)e, not ilis- 
tinguished beyond the ordinai'y walks of life, but all are worthy citizens. 
Biography often most vividly presents historical facts. It has been well said 
that: "Biography is history by induction." Tlie real history of a town is 
the history of its ])eople, their fortunes, conditions and customs, the connnon 
|ieople. their mental and moral status ai'i' what gives it its character and 
mould its destinies. History therefore is made up of the liiograjihies of the 
masses, anil is best expressed in tlie life-records of its energetic and enter])ris- 
iug citizens. The facts contained in these biographical sketches, it is believed, 
will have their value hereafter, in permanently jireserving the records of 
leading citizens, and furnishing valuable data for its future history. 

.Vs a whole it is a, fairly good history of the past and present of Cherry 
Creek. At some future time I am in ho[ies to serve you in a similar 
undertaking, when I will endeavor to do better. 

Sincerelv, 





The photography required for the production of most of the pictures in this book 
is the work of our townsman, B. J. Grtswold. The engravings were made by 
the Electric City Engraving Co. of Buffalo. The book 7vas printed by G. M. 
Hausauer, Caxton Building, Buffalo. 



CONTENTS. 



PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES. 



PAGE 

Allen, M 77, 120, 121 

Arnokl, A. J 159 

Benton, I. S 7+, 75 

Blaisdell, Wni. S 60, 61 

Blaisdell, Stephen 20, 171 

Bacon, S. j 56, 57 

Bacon, Arlie Z 57 

Bacon, The 56 

Bullock, R. C 37, 158 

Bullock, A. L 80, 81 

Boutwell, L. E 150, 151 

Bentlcv, D. T 91 

Boiler." G. S 134 

Brown, G. \V 66, 67 

Bronson, A 131 

Bentlev, E. C 155 

Battles, James 28 

Bentlev, Alex 23 

Bronson, Mrs. Charlotte 174, 175 

Crissev, E. B 95, 96, 97, 114 

Clark, J. L 54, 55, 56 

Clark, A.J 54, 56 

Curtiss, A. H 10, 98, 100 

Curtis, J. H 72, 73 

Curtis, E. W 81, 82 

Carr, T. B 70, 71 

Carr, James 21, 171 

Cookingham, H. W 142, 143 

Cookinghara, F. H 144, 145, 146 

Champlin, j. G :...146, 147 

Chanii)lin, Mrs. J. G 146 

Carter, Clara A 50, 52 

Crofoot.J. M 50,52 

Cowlcs. Bertha A 50, 53 

Carpenter, Z 156 

Carpenter, W. C 167, 168 

Deleniater, C. H 113, 114 

Dennison. Rev. D. A 38, 42 

Decker, P. L 155 

DeLanev, John 117, 118 

Edwards, "C. L 115, 116 

Estev, Rev. E. A 45 

Frost, G. N 68, 69, 70 

Frost, Geo. H 18, 163, 164, 165 

Frost, Hon. G. H 153 

Ferrin, S. A 30, 160 

Griswold. B. J 127 

Grover, Seth 24 

Gillette, N. C 151, 152 

Green, Hon. C. B 25, 171 

Hoag, Ada C 50, 53 

Hall, R. A 78, 79 



Hadlev, Rachel 28 

Helmick, E. J 149 

Ingalls, Jared 26, 168 

James, Robt 103, 128, 129 

I Kent, G. S 73, 74 

Kent, Jos 29, 171 

Kent, Lvdia 22 

Lapham', G. F 124, 125 

Lake, Nora B 96, 97 

Martin, G. L 122 

Mount, C. A 34, 160, 161 

Master, L. E 138 

Matteson, James 64 

Matteson, F. H 152 

Mason, .Mvrtle J 50, 52 

Metz, Alice M....' 50, 52 

Morian, \Vm 161 

Newton, Jasper H 63, 64 

Phillips, \Vm. 1 105, 106, 107, 108 

Phillips, B 148, 149 

Parsons, R. W 58, 59 

Pope, F. R 126, 127 

Price, Dr. C. A 108 

Price, John 170, 171 

Reade, E. B 116. 117 

Reade, W. T 92, 93, 94 

Reade, C. T 62 

Rood, G. W 59, 60 

Shattuck, F.J 10, 33, 111, 112, 113 

Smith, A. R 76, 132, 133 

Smith, Rev. J. W 65, 66 

Smith, C. S 93, 94 

Shepard, Dr. C. A 11, 82, 83, 139 

Shepardson, W. E 118, 119 

Stetson, \V. F 76, 100, 101, 102 

Shepard, H. N 135, 136 

Shepard, C. S 109, 110 

Shattuck, J. B 140, 141, 142 

Shattuck, "Mrs. Arav A 169 

Shattuck. L. E .". 168, 169 

Saflford, H. E 123 

Spencer, C. A 39, 165, 166, 167 

Tarbox, C. 79 

Vinton, S 162 

Wheeler. C. L 8, 11, 27, 157, 158 

Wheeler, James D 27, 168 

Wood, L. P 130, 131 

Willoughbv, Rev. B. C 42 

Wilkinson. Rev. A. B 40 

Wilcox, G. 77, 154 

Wheeler. Mrs. C. L 157, 158 

Young, S. E 136, 137 




OTHER MATTER AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Artesian Wells 131 

Agriculturists, Successful 1-10—147 

Acknowledgments ITS 

Amateur Artists 1 10 

Annis, Alpha lOH 

Anecdotes 15, 17 

A. 0. U. \V 88, 90 

Board of Trade 36 

Brush and Pencil 38 

Band 57 

Bar, The 78 

Business Interests 11 1 — 139 

Barnes. C. E 119 

Boiler, Mrs. G. S 129 

Biography 157, 173 

C herr Y C reek — Poem 4 

Cherry Creek— Views 6, 12, 13 

Cherr\' Creek — How Named 9 

Curious Rocks 16, 17 

Churches, M. E 40, 41. 42, 110 

Baptist 42, 43,44 

Free Baptist 44, 45,46 

Christian 46 

Cemetery 46, 47 

Churches, Prosperous 64 

Canning Factory 98, 99, 100 

Cheese Factorv 102 

Chase, M. S ". 102 

Cherry Creek Roller Mill 103, 104 

Choirs 133 

Conclusion 177 

Descriptive of Cherry Creek 9, 12 

Depot " 35 

Enterprise 83 

Educational 120 

Fire Department 47 

Frost, C. L 94 

Furniture Factorv 131 

Growth of the Village 34-35 

Grange 85, 88 

G. A. K. 88 

Generations, Five 174, 175 

Historical IS, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 

Hotels 55, 56, 57 

Hess. C. E 102 

Hines, Geo 103 

Historical Condensations 172, 173 

Ingalls, Jared 120 

Journalism 38, 39 



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Kelle, Geo 103 

Kent, Geo 125 

Ladies 38 

Lodges 84, 91 

L. O. T. M 90 

Lainidrv 12.5 

Masonic 84, 86 

Maccabees 90 

Manufacturing 98, 104, 110 

Martin, J. E 125 

Newspaper 47, 92, 93 

Original Purchases 29 

Old Watering Trough 15 

Old Time Wedding... 28 

Odd Fellows 86, 88, ,89 

Promising Young Men 148 — 152 

Prosperity 133, 134 

Preface 6 

Postoffice 37 

Population 64 

Physician 82, 108 

Protected Home Circle 90 

Peters, James ...102 

Pioneer Residents 163 — 171 

Reminiscenses 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 

Railroad Facilities 35 

Residence Place. 36 

Recreation 36 

Scenic Attractions 14, 15 

Supervisors of Cherry Creek 30 

Soldiers' Monument 32 

School Building 48 

" Faculty 49 

School 50, 51, 52 

District Trustees 53 

Society 53 

Successful Citizens 58 — 73 

Sons of Veterans 87, 90 

Smith, H. F 121 

Shaw, F. K 122 

Smith, T. II '. 122 

Shattuck, Wm 129 

Standing Ofter 176 

Telephone 38 

Tax Rate 129 

View on Cherry Creek 14 

War Record....! 31, 32 

W. C. T. U 91 

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